Israeli settlement expansion on Palestinian territory must stop immediately, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday as he seeks to position Brazil ...
A UN panel on Friday blasted Iran for "serious, ongoing and recurring" human rights violations, including violence against protesters after the disputed June ...
In this handout photo released by the Iraqi Government, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, speaks during a meeting with sheiks and tribal leaders of al Sudan Shiite tribe, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Iraqi lawmakers will vote Saturday on how ...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January will be postponed, confirming that he has accepted advice not to hold the vote. Abbas, speaking to BBC Arabic, said the Palestinian leadership would ...
An Israeli minister said on Friday he was to travel to Turkey, in the first such visit since Israel's military offensive in Gaza at the turn of the year strained ties with Turkey. "I hope my visit will contribute to improving relations ...
An Afghan soldiers secures a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. The Afghan capital was put under heavy security Thursday for the inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) Copyright 2009 AP News
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles at a northwestern Pakistani militant stronghold on Friday, killing eight people, the second such attack this week, security and Taliban officials said. The United States has carried out more than ...
Several hundred people including Islamists demonstrated in Morocco's northern city of Tangiers on Thursday against the presence of former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni. The demonstrators, 250 according to police, 1,000 according to the organisers, condemned Israel's policies in the Palestinian territories ...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, swears in his first Vice President Qasim Fahim, left, and his second Vice President Karim Khalili during his inauguration as President of Afghanistan at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Afghanistan will control ...
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. embassy on November 19, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai begins his second term in office amid allegations of corruption ...
Analysis: US holds hands with scandal-tinged Afghan leader while holding him at arm's length The Obama administration has a simple-sounding strategy for the problem that is Hamid Karzai: Work with him and around him at the same time. As President Barack Obama ...
A suicide bomber blew himself up killing 10 civilians in Afghanistan on Thursday, the second attack on the same day that President Hamid Karzai was sworn into office, police said. The bombing in southern province Uruzgan followed an apparent suicide attack in ...
