 Choose Hamas or peace with Israel, Netanyahu tells AbbasJERUSALEM - Israel has slammed the peace accord between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah to form a new unity government in the West Bank and Gaza, saying that peace and Hamas "do not go... | |
 President of Maldives quits after weeks of protestsMaldives - President Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives' first democratically elected head of state, resigned Tuesday after weeks of public protests over his order to arrest a senior judge Abdulla Mohamed,... |
 Myanmar reforms leads to US partially lifting embargoWASHINGTON - The US has partially waived off sanctions against Myanmar following a series of political reforms in the formerly military ruled South East Asian nation.
The waiver was signed by US... |
 Philippines earthquake toll 48, scores missingMANILA - At least 48 people have been killed and scores are missing in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu in the central Philippines... |
 Russian foreign minister in Syria, violence escalatesBEIRUT - At least 21 civilians and four soldiers were reported killed Tuesday in an escalated violence across Syria with government forces renewing their assault on Homs, while visiting Russian... |
 Lloyds Banking Group restructuring plans to cull 900 more jobsLondon - Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group Tuesday announced plans to cut 900 jobs as part of wider plans unveiled last year to cull 15,000 posts across the company.
The banking group,... |
 JAL says first Dreamliner delivery will be delayedTOKYO - Japan Airlines (JAL) said Tuesday that delivery of first Dreamliner aircraft originally expected by February end would be delayed as Boeing was removing a technical glitch in some of the... |
 As Greece mulls a proposed crunch, unions strike in protest ATHENS - Unions in Greece went on strike against austerity measures Tuesday as Prime Minister Lucas Papademos tried hard to persuade leaders of his coalition government to accept the tough bailout... |
 Glencore, Xstrata sign giant $90 bn mergerNEW YORK Mining giant Xstrata and Glencore, the world's biggest commodity trader, have announced a $90 billion all-share merger to create the world's fourth largest natural resources company.... |
| Obama 'Blessing' Super PAC Barack Obama -- in an act of hypocrisy or necessity, depending on the beholder -- has reversed course and is now blessing the efforts of a sputtering super... |
| Special Report Panel on Republican Turnout The Weekly Standard reserves the right to use your email for internal use only. Occasionally, we may send you special offers or communications from carefully selected advertisers we believe may be... |
| Cork plane crash inquiry finds sensor fault An ongoing investigation into the cause of a plane crash at Cork Airport last year, which claimed the lives of six people, has identified a problem with a sensor on the right-side engine. A part of... |
| Cold-Weather Deaths Shed Light On Plight of Ukraine's Homeless KYIV -- Ivan Brilyuk is 45, but he looks much older. With his white beard and swollen, chapped face and fingers, Brilyuk is one of the hundreds of thousands of homeless people that Ukrainian... |
| Kazakh Opposition Party Under Pressure Leaders of Kazakhstan's unregistered opposition Algha (Forward) party have been summoned to face the National Security Committee. The leader of Algha's branch in southern Qyzyl-Orda... |
| Two Top Serbian Convicts Attempt Prison Break Authorities in Serbia say two high-profile, convicted professional killers have attempted to escape from a high-security prison in Belgrade -- but were stopped by security forces. One of the... |
| Tymoshenko Deputies Disrupt Yanukovych Speech In Ukraine, about a dozen parliamentary deputies from the party of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko interrupted a speech by President Viktor Yanukovych, unfurling a banner with... |
| Workers At Kyrgyzstan's Largest Gold Mine On Strike Some 1,400 workers at Kyrgyzstan's largest gold mine have gone on strike. The head of the miners' labor union committee for rights, Eldar Tajybaev, told RFE/RL that the strikers at the... |
| Major Deals To Be Signed On Nazarbaev's German Trip Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev is beginning a two-day official visit to Germany, where Kazakhstan is expected to agree to trade and economic cooperation deals worth over $2 billion. ... |
| Russia Announces Cash Premiums For Olympic Medals The Russian goverment has announced it will pay a premium of 4 million rubles ($134,000) to Russian athletes who bring home gold medals from the Olympic Games in London this summer. According to... |
| General Strike Hits Greece As Political Leaders Seek Deal A 24-hour general strike is under way in Greece, as workers protest austerity measures being imposed to prevent the country from going bankrupt. Reports say work at schools, government ministries,... |
| British candidates court U.K. Jews ahead of election Haaretz exclusive: Organizer of Gaza flotilla sought assistance from Assad's office In part two of the Haaretz expose of emails leaked from the account of the Syrian president's media... |
| 'Israel to ask for military facility in Cyprus' Netanyahu could make request during February Cyprus visit; Cypriot media says talks currently at 'exploratory stage' regarding use of Paphos base; Israel might want facility to defend... |
| MKs unanimously approve raising their salaries One day before the planned general strike, the Knesset House Committee voted to give MKs a NIS 1,191 raise in their salary, and a one-time payment of almost NIS 15,000. At the same time,... |
| Russia's Lavrov says Moscow wants stable Syria Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov began talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday by saying Moscow wants Arab peoples to live in peace and the Syrian leader is aware of his... |
| Histadrut, Treasury meeting ends without progress The meeting between Histadrut labor federation chairman Ofer Eini and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz to try and avoid a strike over the status of contract workers ended without progress early... |
| State asks for hearing of Holyland witness The Tel Aviv District Attorney officially submitted a request to the Tel Aviv District Court for a preliminary testimonial hearing of the main state witness in the Holyland affair.The District... |
| Eshel testifies over alleged harassment The Prime Minister's Office's chief of staff Natan Eshel arrived Tuesday morning at the Civil Service Commission's Investigations Branch for questioning over the alleged harassment... |
| Dust storm from North Africa fogs Israel Israelis awoke Tuesday morning to a sepia-tinted landscape caused by a cloud of dust that enveloped the country from Eilat to Metula. The Environmental Protection Ministry warned of above-average air... |
| Knesset Ethics C'tee bans Tibi from short speeches The Knesset Ethics Committee forbade MK Ahmed Tibi (UAL-Ta'al) from giving one-minute speeches for the next month on Tuesday, after he said in the plenum, in Arabic, that he "scorns" a... |
| Chabad emissaries in India deny espionage charge The Times of India quoted anonymous security sources as saying the two had been under "close surveillance" by Indian intelligence officers for a year and had taken part in "suspicious... |
| Iran sanctions constrict trade flows to Asia BEIJING - Trade between Asia and Iran is likely to slow as new US sanctions make payments more difficult, traders said on Tuesday, although the more determined can still find a route through Middle... |
| Top 5 nature spots in Jerusalem 1. Gazelle Valley A herd of deer have made their home in the middle of Jerusalem, surrounded by roads on all sides. This unique phenomenon is a wonder to behold and you can take walks through the... |
| The secrets of taking good pictures: Analysis is a commercial photographer, professional retoucher, and a website designer. Have you ever been shown holiday snaps of beautiful places and had to be told how breathtaking they were because the... |
| Reservoir Routes: Wet winter walks Chilly, wet hiking routes are usually a hit in the summer season. Yet winter has its own sights and colors that make water no less appealing than in the summer. You don't have to dip in: it is... |
| Gay father battles couple over access to boy She and her female partner are fighting his demands, saying he has ';betrayed'; a ';pact'; made before the child was conceived under which the father would have only... |
| Ohio man pleads guilty to aiding al Shabaab Minneapolis - An Ohio man pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court in Minnesota to US charges of helping raise money for al Shabaab rebels in Somalia, prosecutors... |
| Syria regime presses crackdown At least 34 civilians were killed across Syria on Monday and scores were injured as regime troops pounded the city of Homs with mortars and launched an assault on Zabadani, near the capital,... |
| Maldives president quits amid protest Male, Maldives - Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed announced his resignation on Tuesday following weeks of public protests over his controversial order to arrest a senior... |
| Europe Fears a Summer Attack on Iran MUNICH, Germany, Feb 7, 2012 (IPS) - The appeals to Israel by numerous European diplomats attending the Munich security conference last weekend have led to growing concern that Israeli plans to... |
| Apologies not enough, vatican told Irish anti-abuse campaigner Marie Collins told Catholic leaders at a Vatican summit on Tuesday that the Church had to be held accountable for destroying the lives of victims of paedophile... |
| Gallery: Quake hits central Philippines Bartolome Bautista, Deputy Director of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) points to the epicenter of the magnitude 6.9 earthquake which hit central Philippines during a... |
| McDonald’s ad enrages pit bull owners McDonald's has apologised and pulled an ad that said eating a Chicken McBite was less risky than petting a stray pit bull, shaving your head, naming your son Sue or giving friends your Facebook... |
| Man sets fire to dad’s cash in revenge A Thai man has admitted to burning 1 million baht ($32 300) in cash he stole from his father because he had helped his brother financially and not him, a news report said on... |
| Knox appeals slander conviction Los Angeles - Lawyers for Amanda Knox, the American woman cleared of murder in October by an Italian court, on Monday asked an appeals court there to overturn her slander conviction as well, a... |
| Doc, patient ‘secret sex tapes’ revealed A secret recording in which a patient allegedly tells her married GP that he has ';such a kissable mouth'; was played to a disciplinary panel... |
| Give me a medal - Breivik The Right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in Norway told a court yesterday that he deserved a medal of honour for the bloodshed, and demanded to be set... |
| Syrian first lady breaks silence The British-born wife of Syria's president has spoken in support of her husband for the first time since the 11-month uprising against his regime began, a British newspaper reported on... |
| More treatment for Giffords shooting suspect A judge on Monday ordered the man accused of shooting dead six people and of nearly killing former US congressman Gabrielle Giffords to undergo four more months of psychiatric... |
| Greek Workers Strike Against New Round of Austerity ATHENS - Greek workers walked off the job on Tuesday to protest a new barrage of austerity measures being demanded by the country's foreign creditors in exchange for a second bailout of $170 billion... |
| Sinister set of surgeon's tools that belonged to Nazi war criminal go under the hammer The wooden box of tools belonged to Anton Burger, a major in the SS who worked at the Theresienstadt concentration camp between July 1943 and February 1944, where 140,000 Jews were held - and 33,000... |
