NAHR BARED, Lebanon (AFP) — Lebanese troops unleashed an intense artillery bombardment on Saturday against positions of Islamist fighters who have been holed up inside a refugee camp for almost a month.

BAGHDAD (AP) — American paratroopers found the ID cards of two missing soldiers at an Al Qaeda safe house 125 kilometres north of where the men were snatched in an ambush last month, the military said on Saturday. The soldiers found computers, video equipment and weapons but no sign of …

LONDON (Petra) — King Abdullah on Saturday urged the international community to shoulder responsibility for “this critical” stage of the Palestinian cause.

RAMALLAH (AP) — Embattled Mahmoud Abbas got a major boost in his increasingly bellicose showdown with Hamas on Saturday, with a US diplomat saying he expects a crippling 15-month-old foreign aid embargo to be lifted once the Palestinian president appoints an emergency government without the Islamic fighters.

‘If the Islamic Courts came back, not just this area but the whole of Somalia will be safer’

Security concerns in the North Caucasus traditionally peak in the summer. Warm weather and green leaves on trees help the Caucasian rebels intensify their attacks on Russian army units and local police forces.

CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian ambassador in Washington said the last three weeks had not been pleasant because of disagreements between Egypt and the United States over elections, human rights and other issues.

CAIRO, June 15 (Reuters) – Egypt backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday in the conflict between his Fatah movement and the Islamist group Hamas, saying all Palestinians should rally behind him as leader.

a.a با انتشار گزارش كميته وينوگراد، پيرامون نتايج تحقيقات صورت گرفته درباره عوامل تأثيرگذار بر شكست اسراييل در جنگ 33 روزه، حجم قابل توجهي از واكنش‌ها Ùˆ مطالبات سياسي،‌كابينه اولمرت را در بر گرفت. مطالبات مذكور عمدتاً بر 2 وضعيت سقوط كابينه يا اصلاح سياستهاي آن استوارند، مطالباتي كه حيات …

Dacă actuala situaţie politică nu se rezolvă în perioada următoare, partidul PSD nu va ezita să depună o moţiune de cenzură sau să accepte declanşarea alegerilor anticipate, a declarat preşedintele Partidului Social Democrat, Mircea Geoană.