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RAMALLAH — A low-level dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians about a future border has ended without any breakthrough, the Palestinian president said Wednesday, reflecting the impasse plaguing the negotiations for at least three years...
MANAMA, Bahrain — Security forces in Bahrain have fired tear gas and stun grenade after opposition groups staged a rare march into the center of the capital Manama.
Police set up checkpoints and many shops were closed after the Wednesday...
DUBAI — The last time Iran's nuclear envoys held talks with the US and other world powers, the negotiations limped along until a parting shot by the Islamic Republic: Its labs boosted the enrichment levels of uranium in reply to demands...
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's army on Monday formally rejected a US claim that American airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani troops last year were justified as self-defense, a stance that could complicate efforts to repair the troubled but vital...
BEIRUT — Syria rejected Monday a new Arab League plan aiming to end the country's 10-month crisis by calling on the government and the opposition to form a national unity government within two months.
The Syrian statement carried by the...
CAIRO — Egypt's tourism minister says revenues from the vital tourism sector fell by nearly 30 percent in 2011 compared to the previous year, amid the unrest stemming from the mass uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak.
The...
TEHRAN — An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United States and Iran.
Iran charges that as a...
Wellington — A cargo ship grounded off the New Zealand coast since October has split in two, spilling sea containers and debris and sparking fears of a fresh oil spill, maritime officials said on Sunday.
The wreck of the Greek-owned Rena was...
New York — The Council on American-Islamic Relations is condemning a firebomb attack on an Islamic center in New York City.
The group says about 80 worshippers were inside the Imam al-Khoei Foundation on Sunday night when a Molotov cocktail...
TEHRAN — Iran's navy said it test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile on Monday during a drill in international waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The missile, called Ghader, or...
