Middle Orient

WASHINGTON, May — U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday toward the end of a regional tour, focusing on ways to stem chaos in Iraq and on Iran’s impact on security in the Gulf.

Israel insisted on Tuesday that any information he had divulged was already in the public domain and had been handed over with the blessing of the authorities. insisted on Tuesday that any information he had divulged was already in the public domain and had been handed over with the blessing …

Rasha Mohammed is always looking for new hijab styles. When she’s not watching Egyptian fashion TV, Ms. Mohammed is checking out what other young Muslim women are wearing on the street or on the subway. “If I like any of their ways of putting [on the] hijab, I can ask …

س: يوم النكبة في الجانب الفلسطيني، يقابله يوم قيام دولة اسرائيل وإعلان استقلالها. بعد 59 عاماً كشف التاريخ أوراقه، نود من سعادتكم أن تحدثونا عن هذا اليوم، من وحي وثائق التاريخ والمؤرخين الإسرائيليين الجدد؟ ج: ليس هناك نكبة، تُصيب شعباً، أفدح وأفظع من استلاب الوطن. وتلاحظون أن ما وقع لشعبنا، …

Visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari on Thursday underlined here importance of the upcoming neighboring states’ meeting on Iraq due to be held in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on May 3-4.

A senior Iranian commander said his country enjoys such a high missile capability that it can target enemy positions with an unlimited number of home-made missiles.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hossein rejected the recent claim by the US officials about dispatch of Iranian military equipment to Afghanistan, describing it as a frequently used and redundant scenario lacking credit.

Croatian Parliament Vice-Speaker stressed Iran’s right to access and use civilian nuclear technology, and further rejected discriminatory approaches towards single issues.

Venezuela’s chare d’affair to Tehran described Palestinian nation as a victim of injustice and inequality, and called on the world countries to open their eyes to the ongoing catastrophe in Palestine.

Powers should know that today is the day of the nations’ stormy waves, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, but meantime added that the great Iranian nation is fond of logic and dialogue.