Israel rejects nuclear talks plan
Israel denounces plans for a major conference on a nuclear-arms free Middle East, and says it will not take part.
Gaza hopes for flotilla arrival
Preparations are under way in Gaza to receive a convoy of ships that is trying to break Israel's economic blockade.
US censures six over drone deaths
Six US operators of an unmanned drone, which mistakenly attacked a civilian convoy in Afghanistan, are reprimanded.
Drug giant's move angers Greeks
The world's leading insulin-provider says it is withdrawing its medicine from Greece, because of a compulsory 25% price cut.
Thousands flee volcanic eruptions
Thousands of people are forced to flee as two volcanos erupt in Guatemala and Ecuador, closing schools and airports.
Race against time to save rock art
Archaeologists are working to preserve petroglyphs dating back thousands of years and in danger of being destroyed by construction and mining projects.
Saving the Moroccon trees from those who need them
Villages in the Atlas mountains rely on forest timber for daily life, but poor residents are felling valuable trees to sell on the black market.
Sanitised insanity
North Korea gives BBC a guided tour of its crazy world
Qatar patient with its $19bn jewel
The Pearl gas-to-liquids plant is preparing to produce an ultra-clean diesel fuel that will help the world breathe easier, but it is coming online during a global oversupply of transportation fuels. Still, the emirate and Shell are thinking longer term.
Greece will not restructure debt
Greece will not restructure its debt and will not need more cuts to achieve fiscal targets set in the emergency funding programme it agreed with the European Union and the IMF, its finance minister told a Sunday paper.
Aga Khan plots London return after embarrassing snub
The Aga Khan hopes to build an Islamic cultural 'hub' in London.
Barack Obama's credibility hits rock bottom after oil spill and Sestak scandal
Obama's passivity over the Gulf oil spill and his cynical political manoeuvrings could spell disaster for him, argues Toby Harnden.
Strains grow over Afghanistan aims
Military, Tory MPs and National Security Council members summoned to country house amid signs of split. David Cameron has convened a secret meeting of military experts, ministers and Tory MPs at Chequers this week to review strategy on Afghanistan amid growing signs of division over the mission's objectives.
Muslim preacher of hate is let into Britain
THE home secretary, Theresa May, is facing a stiff test of the Conservative party’s claims to oppose radical Islam after her officials chose to allow a misogynist Muslim preacher into Britain.
Turkey broadens foreign policy vision beyond its region
Since debates surrounding a Monday deal brokered by Turkey and Brazil in which Iran agreed to ship much of its low-enriched uranium to Turkey made the headlines in foreign policy pages this week, hectic global diplomatic activity concentrated in İstanbul almost went unnoticed.
Newly discovered documents reveal truth about Yassıada
Sunday’s Zaman has acquired archive footage, voice recordings and images from the trial of members of the government at the Yassıada trial on the 50th anniversary of the May 27, 1960 coup d’état, which resulted in the hanging of a prime minister and two ministers.
10 million face famine in West Africa
At this time of year, the Gadabeji Reserve should be a refuge for the nomadic tribes who travel across a moonscape on the edge of the Sahara to graze their cattle. But the grass is meagre after a drought killed off last year's crops. Now the cattle are too weak to stand and too skinny to sell, leaving the poor without any way to buy grain to feed their families.
After a President's Ouster, Kyrgyzstan Remains in Crisis
The small Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan, nestled in the mountainous shadow of Russia and China, is in crisis, as the interim government postponed new elections and instated a state of emergency in the nation's south
Israel plows new ground in exotic crops
A tomato breeder has created a crop worth more than its weight in gold. The seeds for the yellow cherry tomato, a fruit researchers feared might turn off consumers, now sell for $160,000 a pound.
American-Israeli sociologist calls for a “different military option.”
A military strike on Iranian military bases, airports, bridges, railroad stations and other key infrastructure could lead Iran to suspend its nuclear arms program, according to a paper that came out last week in a US Army publication
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