Middle East News

I seem to have to beat a dead horse an awful lot lately. I guess it is appropriate that once again it is over a problem Bush created. As I watch the situation in Yemen devolve and the 2nd link...

President Barack Obama sent greetings Wednesday on behalf of the United States to pilgrims performing the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, and to Muslims worldwide celebrating the Eid-ul-Adha holiday. "The rituals of Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha both serve as reminders of...

These are photos from Rihanna’s performance on Good Morning America yesterday morning...In half of the pictures from her performance, she’s making a silly, funny face...I don’t think it’s even an act anymore, like it’s a trying-too-hard subversive fashion sense.

Kataeb Bloc MP Nadim Gemayel said on Wednesday that talks of abolishing political sectarianism are not coming at the right time, adding that all militias should be disarmed and the state should have authority over its territories before political sectarianism...

It was launched as a result of a High Court legal battle against the MoD by Mr Al Sweady’s uncle and five Iraqis who say they were abused by British troops after the battle. The MoD was severely criticised by...

During an Israel Radio interview, Lieberman stated that far more important were the reactions of the settlers and what he termed "Israel's friends around the world," chiefly those who had spoken up against the Goldstone Commission's report. Although Israel has...

Yemeni protesters demonstrated in front of the Iranian Embassy in Sanaa chanting anti-Iranian slogans and calling for the expulsion of the Iranian envoy. Protesters chanted "no to the plot of Persian expansion" and other anti-Iranian slogans in front of the...

Now, it is passing into the stage of chasing and taking out the settlement," said Dayan. "The government ministers are responsible for blocking this." (Efrat Weiss)  

Iran — An Iranian cleric says religious authorities have started taking control of schools, part of a wider ideological drive by hard-liners to wage what authorities call a "soft war" against Western influence. Cleric Ali Zolelm is quoted by the...