The report, which cites U.S., European, Israeli and Palestinian officials, said that Obama will be ready to announce the resumption of long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians by the end of September. In exchange for Israel agreeing to a partial and temporary settlement freeze, the U.S., Britain and France would push the United [...]
Within hours of Wednesday’s attacks, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said in a statement that the government would reassess the security situation. But Iraqi politicians also assured citizens that the American forces that withdrew from cities June 30 as part of the status of forces agreement between the two nations would not be coming [...]
Ahuge explosion rocked the diplomatic district of the capital on Saturday morning, killing seven people and wounding 91, most of them on their way to work. The brunt of the explosion was borne by civilian workers at the transportation ministry and Afghan Army guards at the entrance to the headquarters where Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, [...]
The county magistrate gave the premier a report that in his judgment about 300 were dead,” a Government Information Office section chief said, referring to the village of Hsiao Li.About 300 people are estimated to have been killed by a massive landslide that wiped out much of a village in southern Taiwan, a government official [...]
Crude fluctuated in a narrow $71.48-$71.96 a barrel range in Asia. The drop was in response to a stronger dollar and a forecast by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that it now expects a near-to-below-normal hurricane season, as the effect of the El Niño weather pattern continues to develop. Benchmark crude for September [...]
Large groups of police armed with semi-automatic weapons and batons were deployed close to the scene of Monday’s violence, where Chinese authorities said police shot and killed two Uighur “lawbreakers” and wounded another.An Algerian-based Al-Qaeda affiliate was meanwhile calling for reprisals against Chinese workers in northern Africa, according to an intelligence report by London-based risk [...]
U.S. employment fell by a seasonally adjusted 467,000 jobs in June, after declining by 322,000 the month before, the Labor Department said Thursday. The report is at odds with such signs of recent economic improvement as growing home sales and increased business investment.The key question is how long will the U.S. keep shedding jobs. Unemployment, [...]
Iraq celebrated the withdrawal of American troops from its cities with parades, fireworks and a national holiday on Tuesday as the prime minister trumpeted the country’s sovereignty from American occupation to a wary public.Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki seized on the occasion to position himself as a proud leader of a country independent at last, [...]
Tensions on the Korean peninsula have been running high since Pyongyang carried out its second nuclear test last month.China has given its word to the United States that it is “deeply committed” to implementing tough new nuclear sanctions against North Korea, a senior US official said Friday.The foreign ministers urged Pyongyang to abide by U.N. [...]
Rioters and those who mastermind the unrest must know the Iranian nation will not give in to pressure and accept the nullification of the election results,” said Ayatollah Ahmed Khatami during Friday prayers in Tehran, according to Iran’s state-run Press TV.Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi issued a defiant statement Thursday, again insisting the controversial [...]