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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WASHINGTON (AFP) - (AFP) - The United States plans talks with Saudi Arabia on civilian nuclear cooperation, people familiar with the plans said, in a step that has already set off fierce criticism on Capitol Hill.
With the United States hoping to head off an arms race in response to Iran's nuclear program, officials from President Barack Obama's administration plan to head to Riyadh in the comi [...]
OSLO (AFP) - (AFP) - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Monday said he was ready to circumvent opposition from the United States to a bid for statehood by taking the proposal to the United Nations' General Assembly.
Palestinians' plan to seek UN membership for a state on the lines that existed before the 1967 Six Day War is opposed by among others Israel and the United States. It ri [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - (AFP) - The United States and Iraq are negotiating the possibility of keeping some US forces in the country beyond a December 31 deadline for withdrawal, the US military's top officer said Thursday.
"The negotiations are ongoing and it's hard," Admiral Mike Mullen told reporters at a Pentagon Press Association event.
Mullen's comments marked the first high-level [...]
DAMASCUS (AFP) - (AFP) - Security forces killed at least 11 people in Hama Tuesday while residents mobilised to keep Syria's army out, activists said as the United States urged the regime to withdraw from the flashpoint city.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, quoting medical sources, said the casualty toll had risen to 11 dead and more than 35 wounded in Hama, the hub of an a [...]
RABAT (AFP) - (AFP) - Morocco's King Mohammed VI won praise from Europe and the United States Saturday after voters massively endorsed reforms offered in a bid to quiet protests inspired by uprisings in the Arab world.
More than 98 percent of voters backed a new constitution curbing the king's powers that was put to a referendum on Friday, preliminary results showed, with voter turn [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - (AFP) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions against Tehran's state-owned national airline, Iran Air, barring Americans from doing business with it.
Iran Air has been used by Tehran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to "transport military related equipment" since 2006, the Treasury Department said in a statement.
"Rockets or missiles have be [...]
DAMASCUS (AFP) - (AFP) - Tanks swooped on another northern town Thursday as Syria's army pressed its crackdown on dissent and the United States condemned the "outrageous use of violence" to quell a popular uprising.
And as the European Union began work to toughen sanctions against Syria, the presidents of Russia and China said they opposed outside interference in unrest in the Arab world.
"Doz [...]
NEW YORK (AFP) - The United States has stepped up its attacks on militant suspects in Yemen with armed drones and fighter jets, according to a US media report, amid a perilous power vacuum in the troubled country.
The accelerated attacks have been taking place over the past few weeks, The New York Times reported late Wednesday, citing US officials, and come as the government in Sana [...]
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - France will pursue efforts to organize a Middle East conference despite reservations expressed by the United States and Israel, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Tuesday.
"I have the feeling that our initiative has moved things" in the peace process, Juppe said after meetings in Israel and the United States.
"I think there will be positive developments in the [...]
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