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CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday said the United States hoped an agreement extending the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq beyond 2008 would be reached soon.
Read More »Activists sail to bust Israeli sea blockade on Gaza
LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) – International activists departed from Cyprus by boat on Friday in an attempt to run an Israeli sea blockade on 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza.
Read More »Iran, PLFP underline unity among Palestinians
TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (ISNA)-Iran’s foreign minister deputy Ali Reza Sheikh Attar and an official in Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Maher al-Taher met in Tehran.
Read More »Car bomb wounds 11 people in western Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Eight police officers and three soldiers were wounded on Thursday by a car bomb which ripped through a minibus in the western Turkish city of Izmir, the local governor said.
Read More »Israel opens checkpoint for Palestinian traffic
BIR NABALA, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel, under international pressure to ease restrictions on Palestinians, removed a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Thursday that had curbed movement outside a main Palestinian city.
Read More »Mideast peace pressure could lead to violence: Livni
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s chief negotiator said on Thursday a Palestinian uprising could reignite if the international community piled too much pressure on the sides to paper over differences and rush into an agreement on statehood.
Read More »Palestinians shoot back at Israelis — with cameras
SUSIA, West Bank (Reuters) – In the stony hills south of Hebron, Palestinian shepherds complain of frequent attacks by militant Israeli settlers encroaching on their land.
Read More »Oil Rises to $116 on Russia-US Tension
TEHRAN (FNA)- Oil rose to $116 a barrel on Thursday, climbing for a third straight session, as Washington’s missile shield deal with Poland angered Russia, adding to international tension.
Read More »VP Resists Pressure to Quit over Israel
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Vice-President Esfandyar Rahim Mashayee vowed on Wednesday to remain at his post despite pressure to quit over his remark that Iranians are “friends with Israelis”.
Read More »Car bomb wounds 11 people in western Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Eight police officers and three soldiers were wounded on Thursday by a car bomb which ripped through a minibus in the western Turkish city of Izmir, the local governor said. Television pictures showed clouds of smoke rising from the scene of the explosion as concerned residents looked …
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