KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - (AFP) - Kuwait was forecast on Tuesday to post record revenues and a budget surplus in the current 2011/2012 fiscal year on the back of high oil prices.
The oil-rich Gulf state which amassed budget surpluses of more than $200 billion in the past 12 fiscal years is expected to post a record $41 billion in windfall this year, National Bank of Kuwait said in a report.
OPEC's t [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - (AFP) - US forces carried out two air strikes in June against militants targeting American troops, including one against an Iranian-backed militia, a spokesman for the military mission said Tuesday.
The comments marked the first time the US military had acknowledged calling in air power recently against militants in Iraq, as American troops prepare to withdraw from the countr [...]
SANAA (AFP) - (AFP) - Fierce clashes overnight between tribesmen and troops loyal to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh left 23 tribesmen dead, a tribal source said on Tuesday.
"Twenty-three of our fighters were killed in fierce overnight clashes with the Republican Guard," said the source from the Bakil tribe, adding that the worst fighting was concentrated in the area of Sheheb Arhab.
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BEIRUT (AFP) - (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas arrived in Beirut Tuesday to seek support for the Palestinian bid for UN membership in September, which will come as Lebanon serves as head of the Security Council.
Abbas will meet with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Najib Mikati and other leaders during a two-day stay, a government official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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CAIRO (AFP) - (AFP) - The Egyptian army on Tuesday arrested four gunmen in the Sinai peninsula as they prepared to detonate a device near the pipeline to Israel near the city of Al-Arish, a security source said.
"Security guards near the terminal informed the army of suspicious movements," the source said. "Members of the armed forces, backed by armoured cars, immediately headed to the region a [...]
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - (AFP) - The United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations on Tuesday attacked Israel's move to expand a West Bank settlement as a threat to peace efforts.
The new public condemnation of Israel came amid intense efforts by Tony Blair, the diplomatic Quartet's special envoy, to get the Palestinians and Israelis back into direct talks, diplomats reported.
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TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday welcomed Russia's latest proposals for restarting talks on the Islamic republic's controversial atomic programme that were broken off in January.
"Iran welcomes Russia's step-by-step proposal and is ready to make suggestions to cooperate," he said in a meeting with Russia's visiting National Security Council secretary Nikol [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - Hundreds of Israeli youngsters scuffled with police outside the parliament on Tuesday as MPs held a special debate on the huge cost-of-living protests sweeping the country.
The demonstrations were timed to coincide with a special parliamentary session called during the Knesset's summer recess, to debate the government's handling of a growing wave of social discontent o [...]
SANAA (AFP) - (AFP) - Yemen's wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh vowed Tuesday to return home "soon" and lashed out at his opponents, in answer to speculation he is poised to step down following 10 weeks of recovery abroad.
"See you soon in the capital Sanaa," he said, in an address from Riyadh to a meeting of his supporters in Sanaa that was broadcast on state television.
Saleh belittled th [...]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - (AFP) - Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip as he came near to the border with Israel, Palestinian medics and witnesses said.
The shooting came hours after Palestinian medics reported that a Palestinian was killed and seven wounded in at least four overnight Israeli air strikes across Gaza.
The Israeli militar [...]
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