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Yemen sets timetable for rebels to implement truce terms Sanaa (AFP) Feb 6, 2010 
Yemen has set a timetable for Shiite rebels to implement the government's terms for a ceasefire in their six-year-old uprising in the northern mountains, a presidential adviser said on Saturday.
The details have been transmitted to rebel leader Abdul Malak al-Huthi through a go-between, Abdul Karim al-Ariani told reporters.
"After the agreement by the Huthis to the six conditions, the hi ... read moreMideast peace talks will resume in 'coming weeks': Netanyahu 
Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 3, 2010Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he expects peace talks with the Palestinians to resume in the coming weeks, nudged on by the United States, after being stalled for more than a year. "I have reasons to believe, realistically, that we will resume the peace process with the Palestinians, without prior conditions, in the coming weeks," he told a conference on security ... more
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US denies missile issue blocking new START treaty
Defiant Iran starts enriching uranium to 20 percent Sanctions on Iran would be ineffective: Brazil World moving swiftly to sanction Iran: Obama Enrichment at heart of Iran nuclear programme Russia toughens line on Iran nuclear ambitions EU critises Iran enrichment move, backs UN action Russia hardens stance on Iran, questions nuclear 'sincerity' Protests outside EU embassies in Iran: diplomats Protesters try to storm Italian embassy in Tehran: minister 
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'Israeli hit' in Gulf may spark blood feud
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Feb 1, 2009 The assassination of a senior Hamas leader, apparently by Israel's Mossad intelligence service, on Jan. 19 may well trigger a surge of eye-for-an-eye bloodshed - and not just in the Middle East. The fundamentalist Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls the Gaza Strip, has vowed to retaliate against Israel for the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. Bu ... more Mideast impasse raises new uprising threat 
Ramallah, West Bank (UPI) Jan 28, 2009 Mounting Arab-Israeli tensions over Jerusalem, Israel's refusal to halt settlement building in the West Bank and a general sense of frustration at the continued failure of the peace process has raised fears of a new third Palestinian intifada, or uprising. Israeli security forces have rounded up dozens of Palestinian activists, as well as Israeli peace protesters, in recent months as au ... more U.S. 'presses Yemen to end tribal war' 
Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Jan 27, 2009 Saudi Arabia's military has claimed victory after Yemeni rebels withdrew from the kingdom's borderlands, ending nearly three months of fighting. But it is likely that this is part of a wider U.S.-imposed deal aimed at ending the rebellion so that Yemen's beleaguered president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, can concentrate on crushing al-Qaida's organization, which Washington sees as the main thr ... more US-Russia START talks 'nearly complete:' White House 
Washington (AFP) Jan 27, 2010The United States said Wednesday that talks with Russia on a new nuclear arms pact were "nearly complete" after a telephone call between presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev. US and Russian negotiators have been locked in talks for months over a replacement for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) which expired in December, and which was first agreed in 1991. "Earlier today ... more |
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General: Refuseniks 'take Israel to abyss'
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jan 20, 2009 Israel's vaunted military is facing a growing problem with Orthodox soldiers refusing to move against hard-line Jewish settlers in the West Bank, and now the army is warning that up to 40 percent of young Israelis will evade military service over the next decade. This phenomenon, which reflects the deep divisions within Israeli society over whether to make peace with the Palestinians ... more Tamil vote crucial in Sri Lanka election 
Colombo, Sri Lanka (UPI) Jan 19, 2009 The two main contenders in next Tuesday's presidential election in Sri Lanka were given the most credit by their majority Sinhalese people for ending the civil war for a separate Tamil homeland, but as the polling date approaches, it may be the minority Tamil vote that decides the final outcome. President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced the Jan. 26 election seeking another term although he ... more Israel can use stockpiled U.S. arms 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jan 19, 2009 The U.S. Army is reportedly building up stockpiles of missiles, armored vehicles, artillery shells and other equipment in Israel that the Israelis will be allowed to use in an emergency. The increase in the U.S. arsenal in the Jewish state now under way, reported by the Washington-based Defense News weekly, will reinforce support for Israel by the administration of U.S. President Barack ... more Palestinian group says refuses to disarm in Lebanon 
Beirut (AFP) Jan 18, 2010The head of a Syrian-backed Palestinian militia said on Monday his group will not disarm in Lebanon but is willing to discuss where in the country it holds its arms. "Palestinian arms inside or outside the camps are part of our resistance against the Zionist enemy," said Fatah al-Intifada chief Said Mussa, who is also known as "Abu Mussa." "The presence of these arms in southern Lebanon ... more |
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