Middle East talks: the key issues
The Middle East talks face several potential crisis points, but Barack Obama's resolve will be central to success or failure
Pakistan flood waters 'diverted'
A Pakistani diplomat calls for a probe into allegations that rich landowners diverted water into unprotected villages during the floods to save their own crops.
Civilians dead in Pakistani air strikes
Pakistani government air raids have killed up to 45 militants, their family members and other civilians with no ties to the fighters, officials said today.
Settlers to defy building freeze
Right-wing backlash as four settlers slain by Hams gunmen were buried in the Israeli occupied territory
Netanyahu vows vengeance 'without diplomatic restraint'
The Israeli prime minister vows vengeance over the killings of four Israelis and orders his security forces to hunt for the killers "without diplomatic restraint".
Occupied Palestine losing $800m a year to Israeli blockade
Economic cost could mount to $2.6bn if closure continues into 2011 - United Nations.
China now has more warships than America, according to the IISS
In Somali Civil War, Both Sides Embrace Pirates
After years of not getting sucked into the messy civil war on land, Somalia’s pirate gangs are taking sides — both sides.
France Steps Up Roma Deportation Despite E.U. Criticism
Piqued by protest at home and abroad following its anti-Roma campaign, France's conservative government steps up expulsions -- and risks splitting the ruling right
Full Plate for Medvedev's Baku Visit
When President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Azerbaijan Thursday for a two-day visit in yet another bid to strengthen the Kremlin's influence in the South Caucasus, he will face all the unsolved problems that have troubled the region since the Soviet breakup.
Sugar hits sweet spot for stockholders
Commodity in short supply for second consecutive season.
Saudi questions maid's nail torture
The head of the country's employee recruitment committee told Saudi state television that the account of LT Ariyawathi seemed "80 percent fabricated" and suggested the motive could be extortion.
Chile miners given first hot meal
Chilean miners trapped underground receive their first hot meal in 26 days
Work on Libya railway system moving forward
Qaddafi says having a railway system is crucial. Libya is the only country in North Africa without one.
Baghdad to Damascus, a road with no way back
Iraqis continue to flee their country, and though they long for home, many acknowledge returning is an impossible dream.
Erdoğan renews call for CHP to lift scarf ban after referendum
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has renewed his call for the Republican People’s Party (CHP) to support efforts to lift Turkey’s controversial headscarf ban once the Sept. 12 referendum is complete, in a move that tests the CHP’s stance regarding the Islamic garment
Egypt to rehabilitate 16 Nile water gauge stations in Sudan
Egypt, Sudan - A delegation of the Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation has started the executive procedures of a project to renovate and rehabilitate 16 Nile water gauge stations in south Sudan.
Why are Germans upset over critic of Islam?
Former politician admits trying to ‘jolt’ Germans over Muslim integrati
China not keeping World Trade Organization pledges
China has failed to honor promises to the World Trade Organization to open its oil and phone markets, a European business group said Thursday, adding to complaints of worsening conditions for foreign companies.
Wheat pushes world food prices up
UN says international food prices have risen to levels not seen since 2008, partly because of drought in Russia.
Floods swamp south Sudan region
Some 57,000 people have been forced from their homes because of dramatic floods in south-western Sudan over the past month, officials say.
China begins Yellow Sea exercises
The Chinese navy begins artillery exercises in the Yellow Sea, days before the US and South Korea hold similar manoeuvres there.
Pakistan military abandons US trips after being 'mistaken for terrorists'
A delegation of Pakistani military officers has abandoned a trip to the US after being mistaken for terrorists and ordered off an airliner.
Hurricane prompts US evacuations
Evacuations begin in areas of the US East Coast likely to be hit by Hurricane Earl, which has strengthened to a category four storm again.
Why little-known Darwin project is still causing controversy
Wikileaks rape inquiry reopened
Sweden's director of public prosecutions orders the reopening of a rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Daghestanis less strict in their Islam than their counterparts in Chechnya and Ingushetia
Although Daghestan has the reputation of being the most Islamic republic in the Russian Federation, the residents of its capital city Makhachkala are both more religiously diverse and less disciplined in their practice of the faith than the residents of the capitals of Chechnya and Ingushetia, according to an independent poll.
Smoking ban introduced in Greece
A new law comes into force in Greece banning smoking in enclosed public spaces and prohibiting tobacco advertising.
The world's youngest airline boss
A 17 year old from Lincolnshire has become the world's youngest airline boss
Nearly third of Russians have enough money only for food
Over the past twelve months the percentage of Russians who literally "struggle to make ends meet" has noticeably dropped from 14% to 9%, sociologists from the Levada-Center told Interfax on Wednesday after conducting a nationwide poll.
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