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Cheat sheet for fresh Mideast peace talks

Aug 14, 2013 (AFP)

Israel and the Palestinians are set to resume peace talks in Jerusalem on Wednesday, and have set themselves a nine-month goal of trying to reach a long elusive...

Israel, Palestinians meet under settlement cloud

Aug 14, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met for around five hours on Wednesday in a new round of direct peace talks after a three-year break, Israeli media said. Th...

Israel starts Palestinian prisoner release

Aug 13, 2013 (AFP)

Israel began an operation to free 26 Palestian prisoners on Tuesday hours before the two sides were to hold new direct peace talks amid a growing row over settl...

Palestinian fury over Israel plans for more settler homes

Aug 13, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli authorities announced Tuesday the approval of 942 new settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem, provoking Palestinian fury on the eve of the resumption o...

Netanyahu: EU settlement guidelines 'in way' of peace

Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday slammed the EU's stance on Jewish settlements in the West Bank, saying they would hamper peace talks with t...

Prisoners, settlements hike tension before Mideast talks

Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)

Israel announced it will release 26 veteran Palestinian prisoners ahead of a resumption of peace talks on Wednesday, but at the same time angered Palestinians b...

UN chemical weapons experts delay Syria mission

Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)

UN chemical weapons experts have delayed their departure to Syria because of differences with Damascus over how they will investigate alleged attacks, UN diplom...

Tunisia army strikes Islamists in rugged mountains

Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)

Tunisia's army on Monday bombarded suspected jihadist positions in a rugged mountain range near the Algerian border, as it kept up operations against Islamists ...

Hamas says peace talks 'futile'

Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)

Gaza Strip rulers Hamas on Monday said peace talks with Israel were "futile," repeating its rejection of negotiations that are due to resume between Palestinian...

Brazil's military regime spied on neighbors : report

Aug 11, 2013 (AFP)

Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship spied on its Latin American neighbors and feared a conflict with Argentina, a Sao Paulo daily reported Sunday, citing d...

Israel press doubts Egypt claim for Sinai air strike

Aug 11, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli commentators were unconvinced on Sunday by Egyptian denials of reports that the Jewish state carried out a deadly air strike against militants in the Eg...

Israel okays 26 Palestinian prisoners for release

Aug 11, 2013 (AFP)

The Israeli government approved late Sunday the release of 26 veteran Palestinian prisoners, an official statement said, ahead of renewed peace talks between th...

Settler tenders show Israel not serious: Palestinians

Aug 11, 2013 (AFP)

The Palestinians said Israel's new plans for settlement construction announced Sunday showed it was "not serious" in efforts to negotiate peace and urged Washin...

Turkey to withdraw troops from UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon

Aug 10, 2013 (AFP)

Turkey plans to pull out troops from the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon UNIFIL, Turkish and UN sources said Saturday, while denying that the decision was li...

More than 30 dead in Syria regime air raids: NGO

Aug 10, 2013 (AFP)

Syrian regime air strikes killed more than 30 people Saturday in the Latakia province, bastion of the ruling Assad clan, and the northern city of Raqa, a monito...

Talks 'detrimental' to Palestinians: Iran's Khamenei

Aug 09, 2013 (AFP)

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday warned the Palestinians against renewed peace talks with Israel, saying they would be "detrimental" to th...

Russia has not delivered Syria S-300s: report

Aug 09, 2013 (AFP)

Russia has not delivered advanced S-300 missile systems ordered by Syria although several have been built and Damascus has paid a multi-million deposit, Vedomos...

Belfast mayor jostled by loyalist crowd at park re-opening event

Aug 08, 2013 (UPI)

The mayor of Belfast said this week the "anti-peace elements" will not win in Northern Ireland after he was roughed up by loyalist protesters at an event. Lord ...

Lebanon blasts on Israel border were 'Hezbollah trap'

Aug 08, 2013 (AFP)

Two blasts that wounded four Israeli soldiers on the border with Lebanon were in fact an "ambush" set by Hezbollah, the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar reported on Thu...

Israelis push settlement plans despite peace talks

Aug 08, 2013 (AFP)

Israeli authorities have moved forward on giving final approval on plans to build nearly 1,000 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, an official told AFP...