- Israel to discuss military draft reform proposal JOSEF FEDERMAN - AP - 5 hrs ago
JERUSALEM (AP) — An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary … More »Israel to discuss military draft reform proposal
JERUSALEM (AP) — An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition gove …
- Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover ZEINA KARAM - AP - 6 hrs ago
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the … More »Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover
- Israel says Iran unaffected by world pressure AP - 7 hrs ago
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister says a new report by the U.N. atomic agency shows that international pressure is having no effect on halting Iran's suspect nuclear … More »Israel says Iran unaffected by world pressure
- AP PHOTOS: Egypt's languishing Islamic antiquities NASSER NASSER - AP - 7 hrs ago
CAIRO (AP) — Cairo, the Arab world's most populated city, is often referred to as an open-air museum of Islamic antiquities and the city of 1,000 minarets. More »AP PHOTOS: Egypt's languishing Islamic antiquities
- Iran's Rafsanjani blasts clerics, says report NASSER KARIMI - AP - 8 hrs ago
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Banned from upcoming elections, Iran's former president has leveled harsh criticism at the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers, saying they are doing … More »Iran's Rafsanjani blasts clerics, says report
- US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart BRADLEY KLAPPER and JOSEF FEDERMAN - AP - 8 hrs ago
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. … More »US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
- Gunmen kill 7 Iraqi soldiers in central Iraq SINAN SALAHEDDIN - AP - 9 hrs ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen killed at least seven soldiers in central Iraq on Thursday, officials said, in the latest episode of violence to hit the country in a particularly … More »Gunmen kill 7 Iraqi soldiers in central Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen killed at least seven soldiers in central Iraq on Thursday, officials said, in the latest episode of violence to hit the country in a particularly bloody month.
- AP Interview: Syria conflict uproots Palestinians ALBERT AJI - AP - 10 hrs ago
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's fighting has uprooted more than half of the country's 530,000 Palestinians — descendants of refugees from a Mideast conflict half a century … More »AP Interview: Syria conflict uproots Palestinians
- Report: Rafsanjani blasts Iran's rulers AP - 12 hrs ago
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has blasted the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers, declaring it impossible for them to do a worse … More »Report: Rafsanjani blasts Iran's rulers
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has blasted the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers, declaring it impossible for them to do a worse job running the country, an Iranian pro-reform website reported Wednesday.
- 5 dead in Lebanon clash of Assad foes, backers KARIN LAUB - AP - 12 hrs ago
BEIRUT (AP) — Opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, leaving … More »5 dead in Lebanon clash of Assad foes, backers
- Iran denies its drone entered Bahrain's airspace AP - 12 hrs ago
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian semi-official news agency reports the country is denying that an unmanned drone violated the airspace of Bahrain, the strategic Gulf kingdom … More »Iran denies its drone entered Bahrain's airspace
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian semi-official news agency reports the country is denying that an unmanned drone violated the airspace of Bahrain, the strategic Gulf kingdom that hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.
- Gunmen kill 4 Iraqi soldiers north of Baghdad SINAN SALAHEDDIN - AP - 13 hrs ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead four soldiers at an army checkpoint north of Baghdad. More »Gunmen kill 4 Iraqi soldiers north of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead four soldiers at an army checkpoint north of Baghdad.
- Syria opposition welcomes support for Assad ouster AP - 17 hrs ago
BEIRUT (AP) — A spokesman says Syria's main opposition bloc welcomes renewed calls by its foreign supporters that Syrian President Bashar Assad give up power at the start … More »Syria opposition welcomes support for Assad ouster
BEIRUT (AP) — A spokesman says Syria's main opposition bloc welcomes renewed calls by its foreign supporters that Syrian President Bashar Assad give up power at the start of any political transition aimed at ending the country's civil war.
- 2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt HAMZA HENDAWI - AP - 18 hrs ago
CAIRO (AP) — It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates … More »2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt
- Submerged structure stumps Israeli archaeologists TIA GOLDENBERG - AP - 19 hrs ago
TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) — The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life … More »Submerged structure stumps Israeli archaeologists
- Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release SARAH EL DEEB - AP - Wed, May 22, 2013
CAIRO (AP) — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of … More »Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release
- Iran's Ahmadinejad looks to outsider options ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY - AP - Wed, May 22, 2013
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — By now, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is well-accustomed to enduring blows from Iran's ruling clerics as his reputation fell from favored son to political … More »Iran's Ahmadinejad looks to outsider options
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — By now, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is well-accustomed to enduring blows from Iran's ruling clerics as his reputation fell from favored son to political outcast. But their intended parting shot — barring his chief aid from the presidential race — may be just the opening act in Ahmadinejad's reinvention …
- Kerry: US, allies ready to step up aid to rebels BRADLEY KLAPPER and BASSEM MROUE - AP - Wed, May 22, 2013
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem … More »Kerry: US, allies ready to step up aid to rebels
- Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels BRADLEY KLAPPER and BASSEM MROUE - AP - Wed, May 22, 2013
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem … More »Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels
- Palestinians have little faith in Kerry effort MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - AP - Wed, May 22, 2013
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians believe the U.S. effort to restart peace talks is doomed, and they're preparing instead to resume their campaign of seeking membership … More »Palestinians have little faith in Kerry effort
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