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They stretch from Syria to Saudi Arabia, can be seen from the air but not the ground, and are virtually unknown to the public. They are the Middle East's own version of the Nazca Lines — ancient "geolyphs," or drawings, that span deserts in southe
Ban Ki-moon says he hopes for meaningful dialogue in the run-up to statehood bid.
Blasts and gunfire rattle the streets of Sanaa and Aden, killing three people and wounding several others.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said they are “convinced” Greece will stay in the euro area as they faced international calls to step up efforts in fighting the region’s debt crisis.
NATO's leadership says any post-Gadhafi mission should be handled by the UN
Wednesday: 33 Iraqis Killed, 64 Wounded
United States ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said Wednesday that his embassy was hit with six grenades in a Taliban attack, but played down the insurgents' raid as "not a very big deal".
During that fateful Hanukkah, the Israel Defense Forces attacked failing to see that war on their televisions as people saw it in Istanbul and Cairo.
2,200 U.S. Marines have been shipped off the Libya. But doesn't this deployment clash with Obama's supposedly steadfast claim that there will be "no boots on the ground" in Libya?
The eurozone crisis could wreck the European Union, top EU officials warned on Wednesday as the leaders of Germany and France held talks with Greece to avoid a default and widespread chaos.
Police state Israel
Palestinian statehood hanging by a thread
Yet in 2005, ABC News obtained a classified FBI report admitting that in a country supposedly honeycombed with al Qaeda operatives, they couldn't find any. "To date," the report stated, "we have not identified any true 'sleeper' agents in the U.S." N
The top commander for NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan says the Kabul attack has left 27 dead — including Afghan police, civilians and insurgents. The 20-hour assault in the heart of the Afghan capital ended on Wednesday morning.
Palestinian statehood
The Greek government is prepared to lean on property owners as the nation faces default and anti-austerity demonstrations once again turn violent.
• Coordinated attacks in three areas of Kabul • Rockets fired at US embassy and ISAF HQ • At least one civilian and one policeman reported dead
This chart of the 1-year Greece government bond seems to indicate that the potential for a default by that country is very close to 100%! What would that mean for other EU countries and the global economy?
Israel's growing isolation
Palestinian statehood
Autumn 2011 is teeming with disasters and our fate has been entrusted to a handful of cynical politicians, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's first nuclear power plant stepped up operations Monday after more than a decade of delays, pumping out electricity at up to 40 percent capacity and marking a major step forward in the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
(Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has authorized his vice president to sign a power transition plan after a dialogue with the opposition, the state news agency Saba said on Monday, a move that could hasten the end of Saleh's 33-year rul
Israel is isolating itself
Obama is considering a request from Turkey to base a fleet of Predator drones on Turkish soil for counterterrorism operations in northern Iraq, that could strengthen a diplomatic alliance but drag the US deeper into a regional conflict.
JERUSALEM — With its Cairo embassy ransacked, its ambassador to Turkey expelled and the Palestinians seeking statehood recognition at the United Nations, Israel found itself on Saturday increasingly isolated and grappling with a radically transformed
(Reuters) - Egyptian activists destroyed a wall around the Israeli embassy and set police cars on fire in Cairo on Friday after thousands demonstrated at Tahrir Square to push for a timetable for reforms and an end to military trials for civilians.
Indha Adde is not simply a warlord. His weapons and his newfound legitimacy were bestowed upon him by the US-sponsored African Union force, known as AMISOM, that currently occupies large swaths of Mogadishu.
In latest audio recording, former Libyan leader denies rumors he has fled the country.
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