Middle East News

Iran to reject UN-brokered nuclear plan: leading MP

AFP - Sunday, November 8

TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran has decided to reject proposals from major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament said on Saturday, in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its atomic ambitions. More »

  • Lebanon's Hariri set to form government with Hezbollah

    Reuters - Sunday, November 8

    By Laila Bassam

  • A general view of the Lebanese parliament. Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, is preparing to announce a new government after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.

    Lebanon's Hariri to announce new govt

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    BEIRUT (AFP) - - Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri was preparing to announce a new government on Saturday after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.

  • Russia's Medvedev leaves door open to Iran sanctions

    Reuters - Sunday, November 8

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Sanctions against Iran should not be ruled out if it fails to agree to restrictions on its nuclear programme, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told German weekly magazine Der Spiegel in an interview.

  • Iran: 109 detained at opposition rally

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian police have detained 109 people for "disturbing public order" during an opposition rally this week, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.

  • Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    TEHRAN, Iran - Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether.

  • A US medic treats an injured Afghan soldier in the helicopter during transportation to a hospital in Kandahar, on November 4. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, according to NATO.

    Twenty-five troops hurt as Afghan search continues

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    KABUL (AFP) - - A search for two US soldiers missing in northwest Afghanistan continued after 25 soldiers were wounded in what one Western official said may have been a friendly-fire incident during the hunt.

  • UN urges Karzai to fight corruption

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.

  • Iraq again seeks international bombing probe

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    UNITED NATIONS - Iraq's foreign minister has reiterated his country's request for a high-level international envoy to investigate the extent of foreign involvement in recent bombings of government institutions.

  • Rights group: Iran covered up rape of detainees

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    CAIRO - An international human rights group said Friday it has documented three cases of sexual assault against detainees arrested during Iran's postelection turmoil, including one that was supported by an official report but not investigated further.

  • Iranians linked to banned drone videos in Darfur - U.N.

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    By Louis Charbonneau

  • Canada plans Afghan withdrawal

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    TORONTO - Canada has begun preparations to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2011.

  • Israel kept mum on Friday on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' announcement that he would not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is keen on the moderate remaining in office.

    Israel keen to see Abbas stay on

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - - Israel is keen on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas staying in office despite his announcement he will not seek re-election, officials said Friday.

  • Yemeni rebels say holding Saudi soldiers

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemen's Shi'ite rebels said they had captured some Saudi soldiers on Friday, after Riyadh said it would press on with its offensive until it had cleared them from its territory.

  • Detail of the memorial stone for Jewish girl Anne Frank, author of

    Anne Frank diary offends Lebanon's Hezbollah

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    BEIRUT (AFP) - - Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah claiming the classic work promotes Zionism.

  • Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul last year, has warned that the West could withdraw support for Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations in his second term in power.

    Karzai could lose West's support, Brown warns

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    LONDON (AFP) - - The West could withdraw support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations during his second term, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned on Friday.

  • Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead - report

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    LONDON (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting the Islamic Republic's scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian reported in its Friday edition.

  • Iraqi kidnappings unabated even as violence eases

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    By Aseel Kami

  • Israel rejects UN vote approving Gaza report

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    JERUSALEM - Israel said on Friday that a U.N. General Assembly decision to endorse a report accusing the Jewish state of war crimes lacked the support of the world's "moral majority."

  • Israel rejects U.N. assembly vote on Gaza war

    Reuters - Friday, November 6

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Friday rejected a U.N. General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into a report saying war crimes were committed in Gaza, and condemned the world body vote as "completely detached from realities."

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