Yemeni president refuses to sign GCC deal
2011-05-23 07:28:50
Yemeni President warned against civil war ignited by the opposition, shortly after he announced his refusal to sign the Gulf-brokered deal.
Obama says he'd repeat bin Laden raid
2011-05-22 19:36:27
US President Barack Obama says he would order another covert military raid like that which killed Osama bin Laden if it was necessary to stop terrorist attacks.
Saudi woman arrested for challenging driving ban
2011-05-22 19:33:26
Saudi authorities arrested a female activist who launched a campaign to challenge a ban on women driving in the conservative kingdom.
Mideast peace talks would face huge obstacles
2011-05-22 19:11:44
US President Barack Obama wants Israelis and Palestinians to return to the bargaining table. It seems unlikely this will happen, but even if it did, the sides would find a formidable array of obstacles to agreement.
US cable: Gulf countries fund Pakistani militancy
2011-05-22 19:11:30
A US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks says donors in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are sending an estimated $100 million annually to radical Islamic schools in Pakistan that back militancy.
Pakistan army denies US troops were in northwest
2011-05-22 16:59:42
Pakistan's military has denied a report that US special forces were embedded with Pakistani troops for intelligence- gathering missions in the northwest of the country.
Netanyahu says differences with Obama exaggerated
2011-05-22 16:56:37
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied, before a speech on Sunday by President Barack Obama to a pro-Israel group, they were locked in crisis after their public dispute on Middle East peace.
UAE funded jihadi networks in Pakistan-WikiLeaks
2011-05-22 16:50:39
Islamic charities from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates financed a network in US ally Pakistan that recruited children as young as eight to wage holy war, a local newspaper reported on Sunday, citing Wikileaks.
Israeli play canceled as Israel-Turkey ties slide
2011-05-22 16:42:28
Israel's ambassador to Turkey says a leading Israeli theater company has been forced to cancel a play because Turkish protesters planned to disrupt the performance.
Iran's military gets new missile system
2011-05-22 16:33:46
Iran's military received a new ballistic missile system on Sunday, which it said demonstrated the country's self-sufficiency in mass producing weaponry.
Taliban warns Muslim Kazakhstan on entering Afghan war
2011-05-22 16:30:58
The Taliban has warned majority Muslim Kazakhstan that its decision to send troops to the NATO-led war in Afghanistan would have severe consequences and was not in its regional interest.
Netanyahu: Differences with Obama exaggerated
2011-05-22 15:21:11
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied, before a speech on Sunday by President Barack Obama to a pro-Israel group, they were locked in crisis after their public dispute on Middle East peace.
