Israel seeks more settlement freeze enforcers
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's defense minister is expanding his force of West Bank construction inspectors to enforce a settlement freeze declared by the government.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered his office Sunday to train 40 inspectors to make sure ... more |
King Abdullah: Security of Hajj Pilgrims Sacred Responsibility
Mecca/Mina, Asharq Al-Awsat – The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz said that Saudi Arabia is aware of the magnitude of its responsibility to protect Hajj pilgrims, but at the same time it will not accept or tolerate anybody ... more |
U.S. forces missed chance to get bin Laden - report
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The U.S. military could have captured or killed Osama bin Laden in 2001 if it had launched a concerted attack on his hideout in Afghanistan, according to a report prepared for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The report, ... more |
Victims being identified after Russian train wreck
MOSCOW (AP) - Relatives have begun the grim process of identifying loved ones killed in the wreck of a train Russian authorities say was blown off the tracks by a terrorist bomb.
Investigators are trying to determine who was behind what would be Russia's ... more |
Afghan gov't: 26 militants killed along border
KABUL (AP) - Officials say 26 militants were killed in a gun battle with border security guards in eastern Afghanistan along the Pakistan frontier.
The Ministry of Interior said Sunday that the battle occurred Saturday night in the Gurbuz district of ... more |
U.S. hopeful of breakthrough in Iraq vote deadlock
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraq's leaders in a series of telephone calls on Saturday to break a deadlock that has stalled preparations for an election seen as critical for U.S. troops to withdraw, U.S. officials said.
A ... more |
Capsized ferry righted in Bangladesh; 58 dead
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in southern Bangladesh. So far, 58 people have been ... more |
Iran earmarks $20 million to support militants
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's parliament passed a law on Sunday earmarking $20 million to support militant groups opposing the West and investigate alleged U.S. and British plots against the Islamic Republic.
The legislation is widely seen as a response ... more |
Pakistan opposition urges president to give up powers
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's main opposition party demanded Sunday that the president immediately relinquish much of his power amid calls for the unpopular leader to assume a ceremonial role or resign.
The political turmoil threatens to distract the ... more |
King Abdullah: Those who think Saudi sovereignty and security are fertile grounds for deviant ideology are under an illusion
Mina, Asharq Al-Awsat - The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz said that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not trespass against others “and at the same time does not accept anybody desecrating even an inch of its land.”
In ... more |
Governor of Mecca: Death Toll of Jeddah Floods Over 80 and Expected to Rise
In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Prince Khalid al Faisal, Governor of Mecca, discussed the Jeddah floods that were caused by torrential rainfall causing a tidal wave to hit the city. Prince Khalid al Faisal offered his condolences to ... more |
Israeli minister "optimistic" on prisoner swap deal
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - An Israeli cabinet minister said on Friday he was optimistic about prospects for a prisoner swap with Palestinians for captured soldier Gilad Shalit, suggesting that talks were still alive to achieve a deal.
Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, ... more |
Afghan talks to seek path to security handover
PORT OF SPAIN, (Reuters) - Britain will host talks on Afghanistan on Jan. 28, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, just days before U.S. President Barack Obama sets out his expansion of the war effort next week.
The international conference ... more |
Hardline rebels take Somali border town near Kenya
MOGADISHU, (Reuters) - Rebels suspected of links to al Qaeda seized a Somali town near the Kenyan border on Saturday, sending civilians fleeing towards the neighbouring country.
Al Shabaab insurgents, who Washington says are a proxy in Somalia for Osama ... more |
At least 32 killed after Bangladesh ferry sinks
DHAKA, (Reuters) - Rescuers have retrieved 32 bodies, including at least 12 children, and are searching for scores of people missing after an overcrowded ferry sank in a river along the Bangladesh coast, police and witnesses said on Saturday.
They ... more |
Bomb explodes in Afghan capital, no injuries
KABUL, (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a trash can in the centre of the Afghan capital on Saturday causing little damage and no injuries, the Interior Ministry said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary described the device that exploded in the ... more |
Russia says bomb caused fatal train disaster
UGLOVKA, Russia, (Reuters) - Russia's domestic intelligence service on Saturday said a train disaster that killed dozens and injured nearly 100 was caused by a bomb.
The Nevsky Express, carrying 682 passengers and 29 crew, was derailed on Friday night ... more |
Pakistani president turns over nuclear authority
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's embattled president has relinquished command of the country's nuclear arsenal amid political wrangling that has posed a major distraction to the U.S.-allied government as it fights Taliban and other militants near the Afghan ... more |
Iranian lawmaker: Iran could leave nuclear treaty
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A conservative Iranian legislator warned Saturday that his country may pull out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty after a U.N. resolution censuring Tehran, a move that could seriously undermine world attempts to prevent Iran ... more |
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