Scientist told CIA Iran had no nuclear weapons schemeIRANIAN RESEARCHER Shahram Amiri told the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that Tehran has no nuclear weapons programme, reconfirming…Wed Jul 21 2010 - 01:00
Egyptian officials deny reports that Mubarak has just 18 months to livePERSISTENT REPORTS that Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak is terminally ill with cancer were embellished yesterday by an article…Tue Jul 20 2010 - 01:00
Mitchell pushes for direct Middle East peace talksUS ENVOY George Mitchell held talks with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday in a push to get Israel and the …Sat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
Warning of long war if Israel attacks IranAN ISRAELI attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities could launch a protracted regional war and encourage Tehran to build nuclear weapons…Fri Jul 16 2010 - 01:00
Irish-born aid worker's murderer missing from prisonAN IRAQI man tried and convicted of the 2004 kidnapping and murder of Irish-born aid worker Margaret Hassan has gone missing …Thu Jul 15 2010 - 01:00
Scientist in 'defection' row to return to Iran from USAN IRANIAN scientist who spent 14 months in the US as either defector or captive is due to return to Tehran today.Thu Jul 15 2010 - 01:00
Iraq still blackspot for human rights, says UNA UN report on Iraq shows human rights in the country remain a cause for concern, in spite of improvements in security.Sat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
Son of Gadafy behind Gaza aid shipA SHIP commissioned by a charity chaired by the son of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gadafy is poised to set sail for Gaza from a…Sat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
Palestinians outline terms for direct talksTHE PALESTINIAN Authority is waiting to see if Israel is serious about negotiations before agreeing to direct talks.Fri Jul 09 2010 - 01:00
Top cleric who opposed Israeli occupation and jihad diesGRAND AYATOLLAH Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, one of the Shia world’s most respected and revered clerics, died yesterday…Mon Jul 05 2010 - 01:00
Negotiator accuses Israel of war crimePALESTINIAN REACTION: THE ENTIRE Palestinian leadership strongly condemned Israel’s military action against the flotilla taking…Tue Jun 01 2010 - 01:00
Aid flotilla waits for last vessels before final trip to GazaAN INTERNATIONAL flotilla bound for Gaza carrying aid and activists has been delayed while the nine vessels taking part assemble…Thu May 27 2010 - 01:00
Village life destroyed by war gets paltry boost from weekendersHomes bombarded in the civil war now draw wealthy visitors seeking respite from Beirut heatFri May 21 2010 - 01:00
Iraq's two largest Shia blocs join to try to form governmentTWO months after Iraqis voted in parliamentary elections, the two largest Shia blocs have united with the aim of forming a government…Fri May 07 2010 - 01:00
Tournament lifts mood in Gaza as first match kicks offIRELAND BEAT England 2-1 yesterday in Gaza’s world cup soccer tournamentTue May 04 2010 - 01:00
Palestinians promised state by 2012, Arab paper reportsUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama has promised Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas a state by 2012, the Arabic daily al-Hayat reported…Fri Apr 30 2010 - 01:00
Iraq third on list of failing to protect citizens from abuseIRAQ HAS been castigated in three human rights reports for failing to protect its citizens from a range of attacks and abuseThu Apr 29 2010 - 01:00
Al-Qaeda in Iraq confirms killing of leaders in US strikeAL-QAEDA IN Iraq has confirmed the deaths of two top leaders in a US airstrike last weekend.Mon Apr 26 2010 - 01:00
Palestinian support for two-state solution suffers a sharp fallSUPPORT FOR a two-state solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is falling steeply among Palestinians living…Thu Apr 22 2010 - 01:00
Third Iraqi al-Qaeda leader killedIRAQI AND US troops yesterday killed a regional commander of al-Qaeda in Iraq, compounding the damage done to the movement by…Wed Apr 21 2010 - 01:00
Vote review panel calls for Baghdad poll recountA JUDICIAL panel reviewing the conduct of Iraq’s March 7th parliamentary election yesterday ruled that 2Tue Apr 20 2010 - 01:00
Nationalist Dervis Eroglu wins Turkish Cypriot electionNORTHERN CYPRUS basked in sunny sabbatical calm yesterday while voters risked the reunification of the island and Turkey’s bid…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
Hamas executes 'collaborators'HAMAS ANNOUNCED yesterday that two Palestinians convicted by a military tribunal of collaborating with Israel had been executed…Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
Israel condemned for order that could deport PalestiniansPALESTINIAN AND Arab leaders are calling on Israel to rescind a military order, effective from yesterday, which could classify…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Maliki calls for reactivation of Sunni Awakening militiasIRAQ’S PRIME minister has called for the reactivation of the Sunni Awakening militias to counter deadly bomb attacks by al-Qaeda…Tue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
Pentagon trying to trace original video of helicopter massacreTHE PENTAGON has revealed it is trying to trace the original video showing US helicopter gunners killing a dozen Iraqis on July…Thu Apr 08 2010 - 01:00
Baghdad blasts kill 49 people in eight locationsEIGHT EXPLOSIONS yesterday brought down seven buildings in three Baghdad neighbourhoods and devastated a popular restaurant and…Wed Apr 07 2010 - 01:00
Baghdad suicide blasts kill 36 and wound 200SUICIDE BOMBERS targeted three embassies in Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 36 people and wounding more than 200.Mon Apr 05 2010 - 01:00
Iraqi PM steps up campaign to overturn election resultIRAQI PRIME minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose State of Law bloc won 89 seats in the March 7th parliamentary election, is making …Tue Mar 30 2010 - 01:00
Summit fails to please factions seeking armed reaction to IsraelPALESTINIANS FROM across the political spectrum yesterday dismissed the Arab summit which met in Libya at the weekend for failing…Tue Mar 30 2010 - 01:00
Maliki launches campaign to challenge Iraqi election resultsIRAQ’S PRIME minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose bloc came in second in parliamentary elections on March 7th, has launched a campaign…Mon Mar 29 2010 - 01:00
Secular Allawi bloc takes most seats in Iraqi electionIRAQI VOTERS have inflicted a dramatic upset on the Shia religious parties which have ruled Iraq since the US occupation.Sat Mar 27 2010 - 00:00
Bin Laden threatens reprisal over 9/11 trialAL-QAEDA FOUNDER Osama bin Laden yesterday threatened to kill US captives if the alleged mastermind of the 2001 attacks on New…Fri Mar 26 2010 - 00:00
Iraq's PM renews call for election recountTHE STATE of Law coalition led by Iraq’s prime minister Nuri al-Maliki has redoubled pressures on Iraq’s election commission …Thu Mar 25 2010 - 00:00
Maliki launches campaign to challenge Iraqi election resultsIRAQ’S PRIME minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose bloc came in second in parliamentary elections on March 7th, has launched a campaign…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Palestinians promised state by 2012, Arab paper reportsUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama has promised Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas a state by 2012, the Arabic daily al-Hayat reported…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Iraq leaders' call for full recount of votes rejected by electoral bodyIRAQ’S ELECTORAL commission yesterday rejected a call by the country’s prime minister and president for a full manual recount…Mon Mar 22 2010 - 00:00
Iraqi PM's coalition edges ahead in pollTHE COALITION headed by Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki yesterday regained the lead over the bloc headed by his closest rival…Fri Mar 19 2010 - 00:00
Iraqi secular alliance takes slim lead over Maliki blocYESTERDAY EVENING, for the first time, the secular alliance led by former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi secured a slender lead over…Wed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
Car bomb in Iraq kills eight and injures 21A CAR bomb exploded in the Iraqi city of Falluja yesterday, killing eight and wounding 21.Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Iraqi PM in coalition discussions with partiesPARTIAL RESULTS in Iraq’s March 7th parliamentary election released yesterday showed the State of Law alliance headed by prime…Mon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
Body of former Cypriot leader foundA BODY deposited in a Nicosia area cemetery is that of former Cypriot president Tassos PapadopoulosWed Mar 10 2010 - 00:00
Maliki takes early lead in Iraq electionTHE LEAD in the Iraqi parliamentary race yesterday was taken by the coalition led by prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, a moderate…Tue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
Tehran captures leader of Jundallah insurgentsIRAN ANNOUNCED yesterday that it had captured the leader of a movement of Sunni insurgents accused of launching deadly attacks…Wed Feb 24 2010 - 00:00
Dubai claims Hamas collaborator involvedACCUSATION: SHARP DIFFERENCES over the murder of a leading Hamas figure have emerged between the Dubai police and the Palestinian…Tue Feb 23 2010 - 00:00
Iraqi secular party to boycott election over Tehran influenceA KEY secular party has announced it will not contest Iraq’s March 7th election because its leader and many members were barred…Mon Feb 22 2010 - 00:00
Dubai police insist Mossad was behind assassinationDUBAI POLICE declared yesterday that Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency was behind the assassination of a senior Hamas military…Fri Feb 19 2010 - 00:00
Senior US official's talks with Syrian leader 'candid'SYRIAN PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad yesterday received a senior US official seeking to improve relations with Damascus.Thu Feb 18 2010 - 00:00
Israel 'had interest' in assasination, dead man's brother saysTHE BROTHER of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, who died in Dubai in mysterious circumstances on January 20th, has said Israel “had an interest…Wed Feb 17 2010 - 00:00
