Middle East Quartet makes no progress
2011-07-12 15:00:08
The Middle East Quartet on Monday failed to achieve any progress on resuming the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at a meeting in Washington.
US sharpens stance on Assad
2011-07-12 14:25:51
Washington significantly hardened its stance toward Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday.
Syrian protesters attack foreign embassies
2011-07-12 08:42:20
Syrian government supporters attacked the US Embassy Monday, spray-painting walls with graffiti that called the American ambassador a "dog."
NATO allies in Libya exhausted in 90 days
2011-07-12 10:01:21
New US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday that some NATO allies operating in Libya could see their forces "exhausted" within 90 days.
UN to withdraw force in Sudan
2011-07-12 06:41:05
The UN Security Council Monday unanimously adopted a resolution to withdraw the UN peacekeeping force in Sudan effective July 11.
Ethiopia says 4.5 million people need food aid
2011-07-11 20:19:57
A government official says an estimated 4.5 million Ethiopians are in need of food assistance, an increase of 40 percent.
Libyan rebels must talk to Gadhafi-Paris
2011-07-11 11:00:35
France's defence minister said it was time for Libya's rebels to negotiate with Muammar Gadhafi's government.
Murdoch flies to UK as paper dies, scandal lives
2011-07-11 14:01:55
Rupert Murdoch touched down in London on Sunday to take charge of his media empire's phone-hacking crisis as his best-selling Sunday tabloid, the News of the World, published its last. The scandal lives on despite his sacrifice of the 168-year-old paper at the heart of it.
Ceremony honors Jews killed 70 years ago
2011-07-10 22:49:37
Poland's president on Sunday apologized again for the murder of hundreds of Jews by their Polish neighbors 70 years ago.
Israel recognises South Sudan
2011-07-10 17:34:57
Israel recognised South Sudan on Sunday, offering the new state economic help after it seceded from the mainly Arab Muslim north.
Yemeni leader's appearance sparks deadly celebrations
2011-07-09 08:00:37
SANAA, Yemen - Gunfire killed four people during celebrations sparked by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's first television appearance since he was badly burned in a bomb attack more than a month ago, medics said.
US warms of human bombs in flights
2011-07-07 08:21:33
The US warned airlines that some terrorists are considering surgically implanting explosives into humans to carry out attacks.