Libyan rebels says no talks withGadhafi
2011-05-24 07:09:06
Libyan opposition's envoy from the Interim Transitional National Council said here that they would not hold any talks with Gadhafi.
Israel approves new settlement construction
2011-05-23 19:51:50
Israel's Defense Ministry has recently approved the construction of 294 homes in the West Bank city of Beitar Illit.
Obama's 'Jewish state' reference jars Palestinians
2011-05-23 17:57:51
US-Israel tension over Barack Obama's endorsement of Israel's pre-1967 borders is obscuring a flip side of the Middle East coin: The past days' speeches by the US president contained difficult challenges for the Palestinians as well.
Iceland says hopes to reopen main airport Monday
2011-05-23 17:14:36
Iceland's aviation authority said on Monday it hoped to reopen the island's main airport later today or tonight after it was closed due to an eruption at the country's most active volcano at the weekend.
Pakistan naval base siege close to an end
2011-05-23 17:13:39
Troops appeared to be ending a Taliban siege of Pakistan's naval air force headquarters on Monday after the most audacious militant attack in the unstable, nuclear-armed country since the killing of Osama bin Laden.
NATO, Afghan forces brace for 'fighting season'
2011-05-23 16:36:23
Afghan National Security Forces and NATO-led troops are keeping on pressure on insurgents throughout the country as Taliban insurgents have intensified their assault against forces, spokesman of NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) said on Monday.
UN signs agreement with Mexico City on gender equality
2011-05-23 15:58:33
The government of Mexico City and the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women on Sunday agreed to include a gender equity perspective into budget.
Passenger jet makes emergency landing in Israel
2011-05-23 15:08:41
Israeli rescue services say an El Al jet with 260 passengers and crippled landing gear has safely made an emergency landing at Israel's international airport.
Pakistan can't confirm report Taliban's Mullah Omar killed
2011-05-23 14:43:48
A senior Pakistani security official said on Monday he could not confirm a media report that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had been killed.
Pakistani troops hunt militants on naval base
2011-05-23 14:30:24
Pakistani commandos backed by helicopters on Monday hunted down a group of heavily armed Taliban fighters who laid siege to a naval base in the country's largest city and sparked an hours-long clash that destroyed two US-supplied surveillance aircraft and killed at least seven people.
Fight at air force base in Karachi still lingers on
2011-05-23 13:09:25
The fight between a group of militants and the armed forces that broke out late Sunday night at an air force base in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi is still going on.
Taliban leader Mullah Omar killed in Pakistan
2011-05-23 13:07:20
The Taliban denied a report in the Afghan press that the insurgent group's leader had been killed in neighboring Pakistan, saying Monday that Mullah Mohammad Omar is alive and in Afghanistan.