A Muslim soldier, Naser Abdo, from Texas who joined the U.S. Army last year, has said that he wants to leave the military, claiming he is a conscientious objector because Islam is a peaceful religion and his God does "not give legitimacy to the war" in Afghanistan, Iraq or...

Turkish military said that Turkish and U.S. military chiefs met and discussed military and regional issues in Ankara on Friday. Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff...

WASHINGTON: Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has...

Dubai: Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the smartphone,...

(MENAFN - Arab News) Iran's military chief of staff says Tehran could strike Israel's nuclear facility if the Jewish state were to attack Iran's nuclear sites.The semiofficial Mehr news agency quoted...

(MENAFN - Arab News) Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the...

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Automobile sales in Saudi Arabia are expected to reach over SR69.4 billion by year-end, while the number of vehicles sold during the next three-year period will post a 30 per...

Al-Hayat, quoting Abbas aides, says Palestinian skepticism is dissipating over U.S. desire to end process in 1 year, as well as the increased pressure on Israel to extend its settlement...

NEW YORK — One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero is a Long Island medical-clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a...

Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai's...

Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an...

VIENNA (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has asked Israel to consider signing up to the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, according to a report made public Friday, in a boost...

Gas oil premiums in the Middle East fell for a second consecutive week in response to reduced buying from flood-stricken Pakistan and lower seasonal demand, Reuters has reported, citing traders....

Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari is recalling more than 1,200 of its newest 458 Italia supercars, including 86 in the Middle East, after fires in five of the vehicles caused by an adhesive...

Qatar's Hamad Medical Corp (HMC) has said it is in the final stages of preparations to start liver transplant surgery soon, the Peninsula has reported. The Organ Donation and Transplant Centre at HMC...

Emirates NBD announced the further expansion of its customer service initiatives across the wider Gulf region by becoming the first UAE-based bank, and the only non-Saudi bank, to offer customers in...

Excerpts: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef invokes plague. Invited by Obama, Jordan's Abdullah to US. Incipient tragedy in Pakistan. Israeli actors boycott Israelis. Lebanon:clarify thin line...

Excerpts: Iran charges Swedish firm as Western spy agency. Saudi deals with smuggled weapons, ammunition, etc. Iraq on highest alert. France willing to arm Lebanese army, Syria: a new embrace of...

[With video] King of Jordan: Israel will have demographic problem even if leave West Bank Dr. Aaron Lerner IMRA Date: 29 August 2010 Youtube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdTjMpnOxaU King of...

A general view shows the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran, Aug. 20, 2010. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)The beginning of fuel loading into Bushehr nuclear power plant by Russians on August 21,...

At least one soldier was killed and another one was wounded in a "terrorist attack targeting a police vehicle in Zinjibar city of the troubled southern province of Abyan Friday evening,"...

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman came out on Friday in support for a "long-term intermediate solution" to the Middle East problem."The best and realistic approach would be a...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that the Middle East peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are "stillborn" and doomed to fail. Ahmadinejad said that the peace...

Some 4,000 Palestinian refugees demonstrated against the direct negotiations between the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Israel on Friday in Yarmouk refugees camp near Damascus.The...

Five injured in a blast in the southern town of Shehabiyye in Lebanon on Friday, said a local security source.Witnesses in Shehabiyye said that they heard more than one explosion around 12:00 local...

ISRAEL is bracing itself for a new wave of attacks after Hamas warned that preparations for fresh violence had reached the "highest level" in response to the announcement of continued Middle East...

Saudi Arabia has expressed regrets over the promotion of a Thai police officer indicted this year for his alleged role in the murder of a Saudi businessman, media reports said Saturday.The Saudi...

No matter. Qatar has brushed aside questions about its climate and social constraints to launch an ambitious campaign to host the 2022 World Cup that is also being sought by the United States,...

New Zealand's South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but no deaths and only two serious injuries were reported. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. ...

As violence escalates, lawmakers pass a bill that would criminalize membership in gangs. Activists say the measure will not deter the gangs, and urge addressing root causes and...

Obama administration is considering a substantial spending increase on the Mexican drug war, the latest sign of its growing concern about the rampant violence incited by narcotics cartels...

Reporting from London — It isn't much to look at: a gray lump of rock behind an ugly metal grill, attached to an even uglier building. You have to crouch down to see it, and its admittedly...

Nouri Maliki named a candidate to head the next Iraqi government, a move that poses a new obstacle to the incumbent and is likely to further complicate formation of the government. Maliki has been...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Jordan's King Abdullah II, second from right, and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, sit,...

U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton on Friday urged the Palestinians and Israelis to grasp " maybe the last chance for a very long time" to achieve peace. Clinton, speaking in a joint...

WASHINGTON - The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong...

A video cartoon featuring Google's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square as a privacy group continued to hound the Internet...

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II, from left, walk through...

Palestinian security forces, reformed and retrained, have made a strong show of force, arresting hundreds of suspects. But human rights groups accuse them of detaining people without proper...

Documents reveal a battle between the West and developing countries over whether to place Israel's nuclear program under controls, as demanded by an Arab-sponsored resolution adopted by the...