Lebanese authorities claim to have cracked a web of spy rings set up by Israel to infiltrate the country's south.In recent weeks nearly 40 people have been...
A boat carrying foreign activists and three tons of medical supplies was rerouted Tuesday. Meanwhile, the fishing industry – a key source of jobs and protein...
housands of U.S. Marines stormed into an Afghan river valley by helicopter and land on Thursday, launching the biggest military offensive of Barack Obama's...
China raised the stakes in its long-haul drive to unseat the dollar as the world's dominant currency, seeking a debate on an alternative reserve regime at next...
The Obama administration on Monday poured cold water on any notion it is giving Israel the green light to attack Iran or that it is reconsidering plans to...
In this remote Aboriginal town, 420 km south-west of Darwin, Northern Territory’s capital, third world living conditions still prevail despite the Australian...
Stephen Smith left Australia Sunday 12 July, to travel to Egypt to participate in the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement this week on Wednesday 15 and...
The condemnation of the coup d'etat in Honduras and the return of its constitutionally-elected President Manuel Zelaya were among the issues debated at the...
Israel has rejected an EU call for the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian state by a certain deadline even if the Middle East protagonists fail to agree...
US Democrats have accused former US vice president Dick Cheney of abusing his power for allegedly ordering the CIA to withhold information from Congress about...
The swine flu pandemic has grown "unstoppable" and all nations will need access to vaccines, a WHO official has said, as 12 new deaths were reported and a...
Delegates from the 118 countries that make up the Non-Aligned Movement on Tuesday gathered in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm al-Sheikh ahead of the...
Israeli soldiers have described the use of "permissive" rules of engagement that cost civilian lives during the recent military campaign in Gaza. In print and...
Officials of the CIA's undercover spying branch, then known as the Directorate of Operations, on and off over the last several years repeatedly floated and...
The NAM foreign ministers ended their two-day preparatory meeting Tuesday, ahead of the 15th Summit of NAM leaders scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. SOUTH...
ISRAEL has given its strongest signal to date that it has no intention of resuming peace talks with the Palestinian Authority in the near future as US ...
Cuban President Raul Castro will address the opening session of the two-day gathering at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where Egypt will take over the...
Australia has defended its policy of not following the United Kingdom's lead and rushing out a swine flu vaccine. Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has...
Leaders from the countries that make up the Non- Aligned Movement (NAM) gathered in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm al-Sheikh on Wednesday called for a new...
Two Israeli warships reportedly sailed through the Suez Canal on Tuesday, ten days after a submarine believed to be nuclear-armed made the crossing. The...
Egypt has agreed to set up a branch of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW) in Cairo as suggested by Rosmah Mansor,...
DEVELOPING nations have drawn the curtains on a summit in North Africa with a call for an end to the nuclear arms race, tougher measures against terrorism,...
Bomb blasts ripped through the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta's business district on Friday, killing nine people and wounding dozens in...
Israel sent its naval vessels through the Suez Canal as regional leaders, including Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, convene for the annual meeting...
The political crisis over Iran's disputed election has flared up once again as the powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani delivered a sermon criticising the...
In what is shaping up as one of the most consequential battles of his six-month-old presidency, Barack Obama finds himself in the trenches alongside his former...
Like the ghost of Hamlet’s father, the evil spirit of the Gaza War refuses to leave us in peace. This week it came back to disturb the tranquility of the...
The Greens have called for a parliamentary debate on bringing Australian troops home from Afghanistan. Greens leader Bob Brown said the party had consistently...
Under the new scheme, the Arab identity of important Palestinian communities will be obscured: Jerusalem, or “al Quds” in Arabic, will be Hebraised to...
The longest solar eclipse expected to occur in the 21st century will be visible Wednesday from a stretch of Asia, beginning in India and crossing through...