Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says it is difficult to have any negotiations with Israel unless it revokes plans to build new homes on disputed land in Jerusalem, Abbas’ top negotiator said Thursday.
Abbas made the comment while speaking to Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab League, negotiator Saeb Erakat said.
Abbas told Moussa he has asked [...]
Heavy fighting flared in the Somali capital Thursday, a day after a battle between government forces and Al-Shabaab rebels left 29 dead and scores injured.
At least 80 people were wounded in the fighting, which started Wednesday morning and continued all day, according to government and medical officials.
Most of it occurred in the north of Mogadishu, [...]
Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the United States condemns Israel’s decision to build 1,600 housing units in a Jerusalem neighborhood, calling it “a step that undermines the trust we need right now.”
“I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem,” Biden said in [...]
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Monday morning on an unannounced visit, as NATO-led coalition forces are pressing an offensive in the nation’s south.
Gates was scheduled to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
Coalition forces are battling Taliban fighters around the town of [...]
Votes were being counted Sunday in key elections in Iraq, marred by violence throughout the day.
Polls in Iraq to elect a 325-member parliament closed Sunday evening, capping an electoral process in which militants, intent on disrupting the vote, carried out attacks that killed 38 people.
Despite the risks, voter turnout could reach 55 percent, a senior [...]
Aid poured in for Chile from home and overseas, with a local television station hoping to raise $27 million by Saturday and the United Nations pledging funds toward recovery efforts after a massive earthquake.
“Chile Helps Chile,” a telethon that started Friday, runs until Saturday night, according to TV Chile’s Web site. The site includes phone [...]
New York — The son of a founder of the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, Tuesday told CNN that he was a spy for Israel.
For 10 years, Mosab Yousef said he gathered information about Hamas terrorist plots and fed them to Israel’s domestic security service Shin Bet.
Yousef, in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, [...]
British defense contractor BAE Systems has pleaded guilty in Washington to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and was ordered to pay a $400 million criminal fine, authorities announced.
A top Justice Department official said the fine is one of the largest criminal fines ever levied in the United States against a company for business-related violations.
BAE [...]
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, killing at least 147 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin.
Warning sirens were sounded in Hawaii at 6 a.m. (11 a.m. ET), although any possible tsunami would not strike for several hours. Tsunamis can travel at 400 to 500 mph — the speed [...]
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday that Iran’s nuclear program poses a danger that extends beyond Israel.
“Iran is not just a challenge for Israel. I believe it is a challenge for the whole world,” Barak said in a speech in Washington. “I can hardly think of a stable world order with a nuclear Iran.”
Barak [...]
