GAZA CITY,Israeli warships on Monday prevented a Libyan cargo vessel from reaching the Gaza Strip, the impoverished Palestinian territory under a crippling Israeli blockade. The ship, laden with 3,000 tonnes of goods, was stopped several kilometres (miles) off Gaza’s shores and ordered to return to the Egyptian port of El-Arish, …

NABLUS, West Bank – Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday, the Israeli army said.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili urged the West Tuesday not to return to “business as usual” with Russia without holding it to account for its five-day war with his country in August.   He made the appeal in an article in the Wall Street Journal, timed to coincide …

În ziua în care pe scena politică se fac calcule, românii sărbătoresc Ziua Naţională. În Capitală, autorităţile au pregătit o paradă specială de tehnică militară. Pentru prima dată, după 50 de ani, românii vor putea admira cu această ocazie şi defilarea Cavaleriei Jandarmeriei din Bucureşti. Manifestări deosebite au loc şi …

Câteva mii de bucureşteni, au participat, luni, la parada militară de la Arcul de Triumf, la sfârşitul căreia politicienii prezenţi în loja de onoare au aplaudat frenetic, după care s-au urcat grăbiţi în limuzinele cu girofar şi au plecat fără a da niciun fel de declaraţii.

 TEHRAN (FNA)- The founders of a US peace group, Codepink, arrived in Iran today in what they called a “citizen diplomacy trip” aimed at promoting peaceful ties between the United States and Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is setting up telephone hotlines to help fight increasing HIV infections, a senior official said in comments published on Tuesday.

Pristina – The Alliance for a New Kosovo party, AKR has asked Kosovo’s government to take Serbia to the International Court of Justice for alleged war crimes during the 1998-1999 conflict. The Alliance for a New Kosovo, an opposition party led by businessman, Behgjet Pacolli, has asked Kosovo’s government prepares a …

Skopje – Macedonia’s parliament on Thursday rejected a bill that would have granted financial compensation to soldiers and policemen wounded or killed in the 2001 conflict between Macedonian state forces and ethnic Albanian guerillas.. The bill, which foresaw one-off payments for families of dead servicemen and various pension, healthcare and unemployment …

Brussels – The United States Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried says there will be no more talks with Serbia on the UN Plan’s for the deployment of the EU mission to Kosovo. “I don’t think the debate on the six-point plan will be reopened, I think it’s time to stop …