TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Iran's oil ministry said on Sunday a five-billion-dollar oil payments dispute with India has been resolved without any interruption of crude exports.
"Following bilateral negotiations, the two sides agreed to settle the outstanding bills as soon as possible," National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) managing director Ahmad Ghalebani told the ministry's website SHANA.
"Part of [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel on Sunday, without causing any damage or injuries, the Israeli military said.
The rockets fell in the southern regional councils of Pitchat Shalom and Shaar HaNegev, areas both bordering the Palestinian territory.
The attack brought to 26 the number of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel since July 1, the [...]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - (AFP) - Palestinian premier Salam Fayyad pledged on Sunday that government workers would be paid within 48 hours after their union in the West Bank threatened an open-ended strike.
"Salaries for this month will be paid in full by the day after tomorrow (Tuesday)," he said in a statement.
"In light of the continued financial difficulties, the payment in [...]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - (AFP) - Egypt turned back 450 travellers seeking to cross from Gaza at the Rafah border point after an attack on a Sinai police station, Hamas officials said on Sunday.
Gaza's Hamas-run interior ministry said that the 450 would-be travellers, some of them patients seeking medical treatment, were turned back at the border on Saturday.
Palestinians in G [...]
CAIRO (AFP) - (AFP) - The head of the Cairo Criminal Court has vowed a speedy trial for ousted president Hosni Mubarak, the official MENA news agency reported on Sunday.
Judge Ahmed Refaat said Mubarak's trial, which starts on Wednesday, would be aired live on Egyptian television to "reassure people of the (credibility of the) process".
The trial would be "held daily until its conclusion," he [...]
RIYADH (AFP) - (AFP) - Just 10 out of a previous total of 129 Saudi detainees now remain at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a local daily reported on Sunday.
"There are only 10 out of 129 detainees" still being held in the prison, Al-Medina daily quoted a representative of the detainees' families, Abdullah al-Jaid, as saying. The rest have all been released.
The United States has [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - The trial of three US hikers detained two years ago on espionage charges was completed Sunday and a verdict will be issued "soon," Al-Alam television said, quoting Iran's general prosecutor.
"The last session was held today in Bench 15 of the Revolutionary Court," Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie told the Arabic-language channel.
"The final defence of the accused was heard. [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - An Iranian man convicted of throwing acid in the face of a female student who was to have been blinded himself on Sunday in retribution was pardoned by his victim, the state-run television website said.
"With the request of Ameneh Bahrami, the acid attack victim, Majid (Movahedi) who was sentenced for 'qesas' ('eye for an eye'-style justice) was pardoned at the last minut [...]
CAIRO (AFP) - (AFP) - Egyptian protesters camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square said on Sunday they will suspend their sit-in during Ramadan and will return to the square to press for reforms after the holy month is over.
Activists have been occupying Tahrir Square -- the epicentre of protests that toppled president Hosni Mubarak -- since July 8 to denounce the military rulers' handling of the tr [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday pledged to address the demands of a protest movement that has tapped a wellspring of public discontent about the cost of living and income disparity.
Speaking a day after nationwide protests that some newspapers said were the largest ever seen in Israel over social issues, Netanyahu pledged to establish a task force t [...]
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