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Kerry returning to Middle East as peace quest beckons

Apr 03, 2013 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry is headed back to the Middle East for his third trip in a month, foraging for signs that Israel and the Palestinians are ready ...

Kerry plans new Middle East trip

Apr 03, 2013 (AFP)

Secretary of State John Kerry is plunging back into the Middle East with his third trip in a month, foraging for signs that Israel and the Palestinians are read...

Detained Malian journalist bailed: lawyer

Apr 02, 2013 (AFP)

A Malian judge granted bail on Tuesday to a journalist detained nearly a month ago after publishing a letter criticising the war-torn nation's former military j...

Outside View: Syrian chemical weapons

Apr 02, 2013 (UPI)

Take an unpopular dictator of an Arab country with chemical/biological weapons in his arsenal and there is one certainty: He will implement every possible safet...

Palestinians blame Israel as prisoner dies of cancer

Apr 02, 2013 (AFP)

The Palestinian leadership on Tuesday blamed Israel for the death of a long-term prisoner with cancer, hiking tensions over a tinderbox issue and leading Gaza m...

EU under pressure to blacklist Hezbollah

Apr 01, 2013 (UPI)

France and Germany reportedly are prepared to brand Hezbollah's military arm a terrorist group after the conviction of an operative in Cyprus on terror-related ...

Tough EU mission to overhaul Mali army kicks off

Mar 31, 2013 (AFP)

The EU begins an ambitious top-to-toe overhaul Tuesday of Mali's ragtag army, far from ready to take the place of foreign troops to defend the West African nati...

Clashes erupt in Timbuktu, 2 jihadists killed: Mali army

Mar 31, 2013 (AFP)

Malian troops backed by French forces on Sunday clashed with Islamist fighters who had infiltrated the northern city of Timbuktu, leaving two jihadists dead and...

Colombia, rebels pause peace talks for three weeks

Mar 30, 2013 (AFP)

The Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels on Saturday suspended peace talks for three weeks, though their technical teams will continue to work together,...

Iraq to up searches of Iran overflights to Syria

Mar 30, 2013 (AFP)

Iraq said on Saturday it will step up searches of Iranian flights via its airspace to Syria, days after US Secretary of State John Kerry publicly criticised Bag...

Israelis worry over U.S. defense cutbacks

Mar 29, 2013 (UPI)

Despite U.S. President Barack Obama's pledge of "eternal" U.S. support for Israel, the Jewish state still worries that Obama's heavy defense cuts will jeopardiz...

Thai peace talks begin amid more violence

Mar 29, 2013 (UPI)

Tentative peace talks between government representatives and Muslim rebels began in Malaysia amid continued violence in southern Thailand that killed three secu...

Syria: Amid rebel buildup, fear of new war

Mar 28, 2013 (UPI)

There are signs that Syrian rebels led by the jihadist al-Nusra Front, which Arab sources say has been reinforced by hundreds of foreign Islamists funneled thro...

France says Mali troops to be cut to 1,000 by year-end

Mar 28, 2013 (AFP)

The 4,000 French soldiers deployed in Mali to fight Islamist rebels will be reduced to 1,000 by the end of the year, French President Francois Hollande said Thu...

Mideast peace deal will demand huge risks: experts

Mar 28, 2013 (AFP)

Bold choices are needed to coax the Middle East peace process back to life, including bringing Hamas off the sidelines, which may risk tearing the new Israeli c...

Israeli air ops underline Syria jitters

Mar 27, 2013 (UPI)

Israel is getting increasingly jumpy as Syrian rebels, particularly the increasingly effective Islamists, steadily throttle the beleaguered Damascus regime. Unu...

British troops arrive in Mali for training mission

Mar 27, 2013 (AFP)

British troops have arrived in Mali as part of an EU mission to train local forces fighting Islamist insurgents, the Ministry of Defence in London announced Wed...

Football: Syria-Iraq match highlights contrasting fortunes

Mar 27, 2013 (AFP)

Iraq's win over Syria in a landmark Baghdad tie highlighted the nations' tilting fortunes -- one fitfully emerging from decades of conflict, the other seemingly...

UN yet to reach chemical inquiry accord with Syria: envoys

Mar 27, 2013 (AFP)

Syria has not yet agreed to give the "unfettered access" demanded by the United Nations for an inquiry into the alleged use of chemical weapons in the country's...

Syria rebels 'surprised' by US refusal of missile cover

Mar 27, 2013 (AFP)

Syria's opposition chief said on Wednesday he was "surprised" by a US decision to reject his demand for NATO to provide Patriot missile protection for rebel bas...