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  • Israel and US differ on Iran's nuclear file

    American and Israeli officials have differed over Iran's nuclear programme, as Israel called for its effective dismantlement and the US suggested safeguards could show that it was peaceful rather than military. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began talks on Wednesday in Italy, in what is intended to be.. More

  • Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank

    Israeli forces have killed a suspected Palestinian fighter wanted for his alleged involvement in a Tel Aviv bus bombing last year, Israel's Shin Bet security service has said. The Shin Bet, which is in charge of Israeli internal security, said the Palestinian was killed on Tuesday in an exchange of fire with security forces who had come to arrest him.. More

  • Saudi to reassess relations with US: report

    Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief has said the kingdom will make a "major shift" in relations with the United States in protest at its perceived inaction over the Syrian war and its overtures to Iran, a source close to Saudi policy said. Prince Bandar bin Sultan told European diplomats that Washington had failed to act effectively on the.. More

  • Syrian opposition sets conditions for talks

    The Syrian opposition will not attend talks in Geneva seeking to resolve the ongoing civil war unless several conditions are met, including the removal of Bashar al-Assad, the president. "We cannot be part of those responsible for shedding the blood of our people," Syria opposition chief Ahmad Jarba said at a news conference on Tuesday following.. More

  • Livni slams draft law on Jerusalem's future

    Israel's chief peace negotiator Tzipi Livni is appealing against a bill approved by ministers which aims to curb peace talks on the future of Jerusalem. The draft law, a copy of which was seen by AFP, seeks to prevent any negotiations on the future of the Holy City without first obtaining a two-thirds majority of 80 of the 120 members of the Israeli.. More

  • Assad casts doubt over Geneva peace talks

    The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has said that "factors are not yet in place" for peace talks despite efforts by world powers to convene a meeting next month. In an interview with on Lebanon's Al-Mayadeen television, broadcast on Monday, Assad also said he desired a third term as president and had not ruled out running for re-election.. More

  • France condemns US for spying on its citizens

    The French president, Francois Hollande, condemned US spying on French citizens in a call with President Barack Obama, as a row escalated over US eavesdropping on millions of French phone calls. Hollande's office said in a statement that he had expressed "deep disapproval of these practices, which are unacceptable between friends and allies because.. More

  • Hamas says it built tunnel into Israel

    The military wing of Gaza's ruling Hamas movement has said it built a tunnel found by Israelis beneath the heavily fortified Israel-Gaza frontier. "This tunnel was made by the hand of the fighters of (Izzadine) al-Qassam and they will not sleep in their efforts to hit the occupation and kidnap soldiers," the group's spokesman Abu Obeida told.. More

  • Riot police arrest students in Cairo clash

    Interior Ministry says 55 students arrested as security forces disperse anti-military protest at al-Azhar University. Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of students protesting against military rule at Cairo's al-Azhar university and, according to the Interior Ministry, arrested 55 students. Clashes between protesters.. More

  • Dozens killed in Syria suicide bombing

    At least 43 people have been killed after a man blew himself up in a truck laden with explosives at an army checkpoint in Syria's central city of Hama, according to the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The man blew himself up inside the vehicle on Sunday on a busy road on the outskirts of the regime-held city, the Syrian state.. More

  • Syrian opposition forces free Lebanese hostages

    Nine Shia pilgrims from Lebanon abducted in Syria last year have been freed and transferred to Turkey as part of a negotiated hostage deal that could see two Turkish pilots held by Lebanese fighters released, officials said. The complicated three-way deal also potentially includes the release of female prisoners now held by theregime of Syrian President.. More

  • Soldiers killed in Damascus suicide attack

    At least 16 Syrian soldiers have been killed in a suicide bombing in a southern Damascus suburb, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reports. The Observatory said a bomber carried out the attack on Saturday while fighters tried to capture the key Tamico factory checkpoint between the opposition-held town of Mleha and Jaramana. The.. More

  • Blackwater faces new charges in Iraq killings

    The US has brought new manslaughter charges against four former Blackwater personnel for a 2007 shooting in Baghdad's Nisour Square that prosecutors say killed 17 unarmed civilians, including women and children. Prosecutors say the heavily armed Blackwater convoy launched an unprovoked attack using sniper fire, machine guns and grenade launchers in.. More

  • Saudi withdrawal stuns UN Security Council

    Saudi Arabia angrily rejected a UN Security Council seat on Friday, accusing the UN body of "double standards" over the Syria war and other trouble spots in an unprecedented diplomatic assault. The Saudi move sparked disarray at the Security Council where it only won the seat on Thursday at a UN General Assembly election. Russia criticized.. More

  • Syrian military spy chief killed in battle

    A high-level Syrian general has been killed during a battle with opposition forces in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, according to state media. Major-General Jameh Jameh was head of military intelligence in the province. State media gave no immediate details on when, where in the province Jameh was killed, or how, but opposition forces forums.. More