LONDON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday admitted the "inherent limitations" of NATO's strategy of using air power but no ground troops in Libya, but said building pressure would still oust Moamer Kadhafi.
On the second day of a state visit to Britain, Obama also delivered his strongest warning yet to the Palestinians that their evolving plan to seek UN recognition was [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - 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 Palestinian bid for statehood.
Netanyahu went to Congress promising to lay out his vision for peace with the Palestinians amid pressure from the international community for a far-reaching Israel initi [...]
SANAA (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday repeated his call for Yemen's leader Ali Abdullah Saleh to quit as clansmen loyal to a powerful opposition tribal chief seized buildings and battled security forces in Sanaa.
"We call upon President Saleh to move immediately on his commitment to transfer power," Obama said at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Da [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Two American hikers held in Iran for more than 21 months were allowed to call home Sunday for just the third time since their arrest and sounded "reasonably well," their families said.
Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, who are being held on espionage charges, told their families that they had staged a 17-day hunger strike earlier this year after being prevented from re [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - After rejecting US President Barack Obama's vision for Middle East peace, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a chance to lay out how he thinks the comatose process can be revived.
In fact, Netanyahu will have two opportunities; first in a speech to the powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington on Monday evening and then in an address to both houses of the [...]
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) - The United States on Monday called on Moamer Kadhafi to leave Libya as Washington's most senior envoy to date held talks in the rebel capital.
In another boost to forces fighting to oust the strongman, France announced it will provide helicopters for NATO's air campaign and the EU widened sanctions against Kadhafi's regime.
"The United States remains committ [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - After rejecting US President Barack Obama's vision for Middle East peace, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a chance to lay out how he thinks the comatose process can be revived.
In fact, Netanyahu will have two opportunities; first in a speech to the powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington on Monday evening and then in an address to both houses of the [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Thousands of pro-Israel delegates packed a convention center here Sunday, strongly supportive of vital US-Israel ties but shaken by a public spat between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
As the president prepared to speak at the annual policy conference for AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, delegates appeared subdued [...]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - The Palestinians will keep up their campaign to win UN endorsement for a unilaterally declared state despite US opposition, a senior Palestinian official has said.
"Now that (Israeli Prime Minister) Benjamin Netanyahu has proved that he rejects the peace process, there is no doubt that we shall continue with the strategic objective of turnin [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Britain concluded its naval training mission in Iraq on Sunday, more than eight years after it contributed the second largest contingent of troops to the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.
Despite having pulled out the vast majority of its troops in mid-2009, Britain's Royal Navy has continued to train Iraqi personnel to defend their territorial waters and o [...]
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