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The annual UN General Assembly is fast approaching and an official from Ramallah has disclosed that the Palestinian Authority will not undergo the same experience it went through last year in its ambitions to become more than an observer state Read more
A military strike may be launched by Israel against Iranian nuclear facilities next September or early October, says the former head of Israeli Spy agency, Efraim Halevy, amid a growing conviction in Tel-Aviv that sanctions against Tehran were largely useless. Read more
The World Bank has released a report claiming that Palestine’s economy is not matured enough to support an independent state any time soon. The report acknowledges the efforts of the political authority but warned of risks. In a statement accompanying Read more
Qatar, the world richest nation harboring the largest U.S. military base in the Gulf region, has been placed under the protection of the U.S. missile defense shield. According to some U.S. press reports, the Pentagon is currently busy working to Read more
An Egyptian gas pipeline has come under attack again in the northern Sinai town of El-Arish. The recent attack was on a pipeline which exports fuel to Israel and Jordan. Attacks have become frequent since the uprising begun and this Read more
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon has publicly announced a tentative date for the beginning of trials of the four suspects accused of taking part in the preparations and the successful killing of the late Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, who Read more
The dispute over the Tal law deepens as the Kadima party pulls out of the coalition government formed in May because of the failure to reach a consensus over the inscription of the country’s ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) in to the Read more
After another round of artillery shells crossed over the border to Lebanon from neighboring Syria, people in the area have started fleeing their homes due to the rising insecurity. Syria claims to be pursuing a group of “armed terrorists” who Read more
After the investigations of a Swiss Institute instigated by Aljazeera concluded that Yasser Arafat might have been killed by poisoning because of the polonium traces found on his personal properties prompting them to demand for further tests on the deceased Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed EU commission chief, Jose Manuel Barroso, to Israel after his working visit from Palestine in a three day tour to the two countries. After closed door discussions between the two parties, they signed a cooperation Read more