Amid a US-led drive to push a fresh round of UN Security Council sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program, a top Iranian cleric has downplayed “the enemy’s plots.” Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said on Friday that... (Continue reading)
A raid by US-led troops has killed two women and a child in southern Afghanistan amid rising public opposition to the presence of foreign forces there. NATO officials said the victims were killed on Friday when their vehicle came under... (Continue reading)
The Palestinian Authority is to call on the United Nations to recognize the Palestinian state, “marginalizing” the US so-called peace efforts, an Israeli paper claims. The Israeli government is becoming increasingly fearful that the PA pushes through a new related... (Continue reading)
A Venezuelan man has been captured on suspicion of planning to assassinate President Hugo Chavez, according to a statement by the interior minister. The man was detained on Thursday in Merida, a city near the border with Colombia, said interior... (Continue reading)
The Israeli army has arrested nine Palestinians during an operation that took place in various parts of the West Bank according to various Israeli and Palestinian sources. The operation was carried out on Thursday morning during the dawn hours, the... (Continue reading)
Hezbollah secretary general warns Israel of great risks if it decides to once again attack Lebanon or on any other country in the Middle East. Speaking to the Kuwaiti television Al-Rai on Thursday, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said that if Israel... (Continue reading)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has given a stern warning against any military attack on Iran, saying the country will cut off enemy arms. “Any hand from anywhere in the world that wants to shoot at Iran will be cut off before... (Continue reading)
South Africa has officially inaugurated a solar water heating plan to save both money and the environment in Africa’s worst pollution emitting country. So far about 270 solar water heating panels have been set up in Pretoria – the country’s... (Continue reading)
A NATO soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, bringing the total number of foreign casualties in the country this year to 172. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force announced the death on Friday, but did not reveal the... (Continue reading)
Israeli Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin has expressed reluctance to share occupied territories with Palestinians. He said he doubted Tel Aviv would ever sign a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority, adding that he did not believe acting Palestinian Authority chief... (Continue reading)