Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says that Tehran plans to lift visa requirements for citizens of neighboring countries. Mottaki made the remarks on Sunday in the northwestern province of Ardebil, IRNA reported.

In another blow to the stalemated Middle East talks, Israeli forces have shelled the Gaza Strip, killing another Palestinian and injuring two others.

“You know very well, and the stupid Americans know equally well, that we control their government, irrespective of who sits in the White House. You see, I know it and you know it that no American president can be in a position to challenge us even if we do the unthinkable. What can they (Americans) […]

WASHINGTON: The United States said Friday it was “disappointed” with Israel’s plans for 238 new settler homes in east Jerusalem, saying it undermined US efforts to revive Middle East peace talks.

Pope Benedict XVI urged Christians to fear Islam, according to the Aljazeera . In his speech at the conference of Catholic bishops, he said: “The rise of political Islam in the Middle East poses a threat to Christians in the Arab world and must be faced down together”.

CHILE/MEXICO (Agencies) The longest underground nightmare in history ended safely — and faster than anyone expected. In a flawless operation that unfolded before a hopeful, transfixed world, 33 miners who were trapped for more than two months deep beneath the Chilean earth were raised one by one Wednesday through a smooth-walled shaft of rock.

The first civilian trial of a terrorism suspect held at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has officially begun, with government prosecutors telling the jury that Ahmed Ghailani, a 36-year-old Tanzanian, played a key role in the al-Qaeda bombings of two US embassies in 1998.

Israeli forces have inflicted injuries on 10 Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip over the past three months, a children’s right group has reported.The minors were targeted while collecting debris from former Israeli settlements which are now Tel Aviv-imposed “buffer zones,” Defense for Children International (DCI) was cited as saying in a Monday report by […]

A celebration has been held in Gaza for 13,000 Palestinian students who memorized the whole Quran during their summer camp this year. The memorization program was a project initiated by the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs.

Plainclothes Israeli forces have raided the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in the occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem), detaining a number of youngsters.