• Israel rejects Palestinian statehood bid via the UN Palestinian Authority leaders say that they are launching a new diplomatic campaign to gain international backing for a Palestinian state, after which they will unilaterally declare statehood in the...
• Small Gifts: Iranian And Russian Companies Win Deals Over Americans In Iraq Iranian And Russian Companies Win Deals Over Americans In IraqDespite a trillion dollars spent trying to stabilize Iraq, American companies are losing out when it comes to winning deals in the...
• Most advanced, expensive fighter jet headed to Israel The largest defense deal in Israeli history, for the purchase of the F-35 stealth fighter aircraft, is advancing, slowly but surely. The rounds of talks among the defense establishment, the Pentagon...
• Israel accuses Hizbullah of massive weapons stockpile Israel hurled fresh accusations on Tuesday that Hizbullah has amassed a stockpile of tens of thousands of rockets, some capable of reaching major Israeli cities. Israeli Army Chief of Staff Major...
• Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen? (WW4 Report) -- Saudi Arabia's air force attacked Yemeni rebels holding territory in the in Jabal al-Dokhan along the kingdom's southern border Nov. 5. The Defense Ministry in Sanaa denied local...
• Clinton hopes Iran will free US detainees: We were just hiking Clinton hopes Iran will free US detainees(Press TV) -- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed hope that Iran would, on humanitarian grounds, free three Americans detained over illegal...
• Merkel tells U.S. Congress Iran must not have nuclear weapons (RIA Novosti) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday in a historic address to both houses of the U.S. Congress that Iran must not have nuclear weapons. Iran has been insisting that it needs...
• Iraq to rebuild Saddam-era reactors (Press TV) -- Iraq is reportedly lobbying for approval to rebuild its nuclear reactors, 19 years after their destruction by British and American war planes under Saddam Hussein. The Iraqi government...
• Israel and Iran hold first talks in 30 years Israel and Iran have held their first significant meeting in 30 years but the exchanges between the two adversaries quickly descended into acrimony.
Officials in Tel Aviv admitted on Thursday that...
• British have covered up hundreds of Iraqi casualties, ex-officer says The British military's chain of command has instructed the country's top investigators not to examine hundreds of incidents involving Iraqi deaths and serious injury, a former British military police...
• Gates favors diplomacy not military action on Iran U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said diplomacy and sanctions rather than military action are the way to persuade Iran to change its nuclear program as divisions emerge in the Iranian leadership....
• Iran stages missile war games Iran test-fired three short-range missiles on Sunday as the Islamic republic began war games shortly after the UN nuclear watchdog disclosed it was building a second uranium enrichment plant. Hossein...
• Brazil defends Iran nuclear rights (Press TV) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said Iran is entitled to the same rights as any other country in its use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. “I defend for...
• US restrictions on petrol imports to Iran foiled by India and China Attempts by the United States to restrict petrol imports into Iran are being foiled by India and China, whose companies have moved in to sell to the country instead, according to analysts....