Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s coalition has retained its narrow lead over the al-Iraqiya slate led by former premier Ayad Allawi as Iraq draws near to the final stage in the preliminary tally of votes in the March 7 parliamentary... (Continue reading)
US Department of the Treasury has imposed strict sanctions against the Gaza-based Islamic National Bank and al-Aqsa TV television channel over affiliations to the Palestinian Hamas movement. According to the US Treasury, the Islamic National Bank &0151; opened by Hamas... (Continue reading)
A US soldier has been killed in combat operations in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, while conducting such operations is in violation of a deal signed between Washington and Baghdad. Under the agreement signed in late 2008, the movement of... (Continue reading)
The United States says Russia’s claim that Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant should go online this summer is ‘premature.’ “We think it would be premature to go forward with any project at this time because we want to send an unequivocal... (Continue reading)
South African President Jacob Zuma’s large ruling party has defeated a vote of no-confidence called by opposition parties over the leader’s admission to fathering a love child. The motion was called by the Congress of the People (COPE) and backed... (Continue reading)
Islamic leaders in Indonesia say that US President Barack Obama’s policies towards the Muslim world are no different than his predecessors. The leaders say they are disappointed by Obama’s last year Cairo speech in which he tried to reduce tensions... (Continue reading)
Moscow and Washington are very close to hammer out a new disarmament deal to replace an old agreement which expired in December. At a joint news conference with his US counterpart Hillary Clinton on Thursday, the Russian top diplomat Sergei... (Continue reading)
Russia has announced that it plans to start up Iran’s long-delayed 1,000 megawatt Bushehr nuclear plant “this summer.” “The start-up of the first reactor of the Bushehr atomic power station is planned for this summer,” Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin... (Continue reading)