Politics

Libya: Explosions heard in Tripoli, NATO raids on Nalyut - 05/26/2011

TRIPOLI- Four explosions were heard late Wednesday in the Libyan capital Tripoli, targeted for two days by NATO, which earlier carried out raids on the western town of Nalyut, Libyan news agency JANA...

UN team denied access to Syria : official - 05/25/2011

UNITED NATIONS- A UN mission to evaluate humanitarian conditions in Daraa, where hundreds are said to have been killed in a Syrian government crackdown, has not been allowed to enter the country, a...

Obama toasts 'blessed' England at state dinner - 05/25/2011

LONDON- US President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II Tuesday processed together into a glittering Buckingham Palace state dinner, and paid history-daubed tribute to the old alliance between their...

Little in Netanyahu speech to revive talks: analysts - 05/25/2011

WASHINGTON, Gavin Rabinowitz- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received 31 standing ovations from the US Congress, and yet he may have failed in his primary goal -- averting a unilateral...

Obama arrives in Britain for official state visit - 05/24/2011

LONDON- US President Barack Obama on Monday landed in London for the second leg of his European visit, a day ahead of schedule due to a volcanic ash cloud drifting towards Britain. Air Force One...

EU blacklists Syria's Assad for first time - 05/24/2011

BRUSSELS, Claire Rosemberg- Europe tightened the noose on President Bashar al-Assad Monday, imposing its first sanctions on the Syrian leader in a move Damascus said added "a black page to their...

Gulf monarchies suspend Yemen mediation efforts: statement - 05/23/2011

RIYADH- Ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) announced Sunday they had suspended mediation efforts in Yemen, after the country's president failed to sign a transition deal for him to...

EU's Ashton vows backing to Libya rebels - 05/23/2011

BENGHAZI, Karim Talbi- EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Sunday opened a mission office in the rebel capital of Benghazi, hours after NATO bombed Tripoli port and Libyan leader Moamer...

Growing calls for Assad dialogue with protesters - 05/23/2011

WASHINGTON- Jordan's King Abdullah II urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday to reach out to protesters amid a brutal crackdown by the Syrian government that has killed at least 900...

Yemen leader must follow through on transfer: US - 05/22/2011

WASHINGTON- Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh "needs to follow through on his commitment" to cede power under a plan brokered by states in the region, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said...
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