There are 17996 articles

  • Iraqi Proposal Gets Cautious Response From UN

    HIGHLIGHTS: Iraqi Invitation to be Discussed by UN Security Council Members at a Lunchtime Meeting Monday||Moscow Welcomes Proposal; Washington & London Accuse Saddam of Playing Games||Iraqi Kurds Wary of U.S. Plans to Oust Saddam||Sen. Shelby Says Saddam Is Playing the UN Card to Delay the Inevitable|| STORY: Iraq's invitation for the chief UN weapons.. More

  • Nablus Controlled by Israeli Occupation Troops

    HIGHLIGHTS: Number of Palestinians Killed in Nablus Now Put at Five; Houses Destroyed at Seven||Curfew in Nablus Reinforced; No. of Palestinians Arrested: Fifty||Arafat Appeals for International Protection||Israeli Occupation Army Review Board on Expulsions Adjourns without Decision, to Reconvene Sunday|| STORY: The Israeli army blew up two buildings.. More

  • Saudi, Omani FMs to visit Tehran: Iran

    Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal and Oman's minister of state for foreign affairs, Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, will visit Tehran this weekend for talks. The disussions would cover boosting bilateral ties as well as "current concerns regarding present issues in the Islamic world including the grim situation of the defenseless Palestinians.. More

  • Israeli Occupation Army Enters Nablus & GAZA Killing 5 Palestinians,

    HIGHLIGHTS: Bush Furious over University Bombing & May Retaliate for the Death of Five Americans in the Blast on Tuesday||Hamas Regrets American Deaths But Won't Apologize ||Occupation Troops Kill 9-year Old Girl in Gaza Thursday & an Old Woman on Friday||Israel Expels Two Bombers' Brothers to Gaza for Two Years|| STORY: Israeli occupation troops backed.. More

  • Pakistan's Musharraf holds talks with Jiang in Beijing

    Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf met Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Beijing on Friday in what political analysts said was a bid to shore up support from an old ally at a time of tension with India. Jiang broke away from an informal gathering of China's leaders thrashing out details of an impending leadership transition and Communist Party congress.. More

  • Powell Promises Indonesia Millions for Terror War

    U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday promised Indonesia 50 million U.S. dollars to help security forces fight terrorism but he said restoring military ties was still some way off. Powell praised Indonesia's level of cooperation in fighting terrorism and said the world's most populous Muslim nation had made a dramatic return to democracy. While.. More

  • Israeli Occupation Army Enters Nablus & Rafah Killing 4 Palestinians,

    HIGHLIGHTS: Bush Furious over University Bombing & May Retaliate for the Death of Five Americans in the Blast on Tuesday||Hamas Denies It Has Deliberately Targeted Americans||Occupation Troops Kill 19-year Old Girl in Central Gaza Thursday||Israel Expels Two Bombers' Brothers to Gaza for Two Years|| STORY: Israeli occupation troops backed by more than.. More

  • Iraq Hints at UN Arms Inspector Return

    HIGHLIGHTS: In a Letter to Annan Sabri Invites Blix & Team for Discussions||Bush Reaffirms Commitment to a 'Regime Change' in Iraq||Bush & Jordan's King Differ over Iraq & the Pace of American Peacemaking in the Middle East|| STORY: As Washington escalated threats against President Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi government invited the chief U.N. inspector.. More

  • Fifty Killed in Afghan Ethnic Fighting

    At least 50 soldiers and civilians were killed in a battle between ethnic Tajiks and Pashtuns in western Afghanistan on Thursday, an Afghan news agency quoted one of the factions as sayingThe Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) said Tajik-dominated forces of Governor Ismail Khan and forces loyal to local warlord Commander Mohammad Kareem Khan.. More

  • Israelis, Palestinians Pose for New Round of Bloodshed

    HIGHLIGHTS: Hamas Threatens to Kill 100 Israelis for Every One of Its Leaders Slain||The Dead Body of an Israeli Man Found Near Tulkarm||Israel to Implement New Policy to Deter Resistance Bombers||Israel's So-Called Security Cabinet Mulls Expulsion of a Relative of a Palestinian Bomber|| STORY: A new upsurge of killing threatened Israel and the Palestinian.. More

  • U.S. Bombs Kill Another Civilian in Afghanistan as Rumsfeld Defends Washington's Military Failures There

    U.S. warplanes and helicopters have killed a civilian in a bombing raid in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province, an Afghan news agency reported on Thursday. The independent Peshawar-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) quoted unnamed witnesses as saying the aircraft launched a heavy attack on Wednesday night in the Zarmat area, about 18 miles south of.. More

  • Southeast Asia, U.S. to Sign Anti-Terror Pact

    Southeast Asian nations were due to sign a declaration on Thursday with Secretary of State Colin Powell to fight militant networks ahead of his visit to Indonesia, seen as the weak link in the region's so-called war on terrorismForeign ministers from the 10 Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States pledge in the declaration.. More

  • U. S. Lawmakers Caution Bush against Hasty Military action against Iraq

    HIGHLIGHTS: U.S. Senate Opens 2-Day Hearings on Assessing the Iraqi Threat||Experts Warn Iraqi Military Capabilities Cannot Be Dismissed||France & Russia Required on Board if Military Action Against Iraq Were to succeed||STORY: Top Republican and Democrat lawmakers as well as regional experts cautioned President George W. Bush against hastily and unilaterally.. More

  • Khartoum Fighting Rebels to Secure Oil Areas

    HIGHLIGHTS: Fighting in Mayom County in Western Upper Nile Not New, Says Khartoum||Government Denies Targeting Civilians||Sudan Wants Egypt, Libya & the Arab League to Attend Peace talks with Rebels Later this Month||Egypt Opposed to Independence for Southern Sudan|| STORY: The Sudanese government said that its forces had engaged in "military battles".. More

  • Palestinian Resistance Bomber Kills Seven, Injures 70 in Cafeteria Blast

    HIGHLIGHTS: Israeli Police Believes It Was a Planted Bomb & Not a Bomber||Unconfirmed Reports Say Hamas Claimed Responsibility||PA Condemns Blast|| STORY: A bomb exploded in a crowded cafeteria at Hebrew University during lunchtime Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 70.The blast in the university's Frank Sinatra International.. More