Obama promises Israel 'unshakeable' commitment | SDEROT -- Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed an "unshakeable" commitment to Israel if he is elected US president, while saying a nuclear Iran would pose a "grave threat" that the world must prevent. | ... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hon)Inquirer
Unsolicited advice for Bush on Iran | By Jim Lobe | WASHINGTON - Two of Washington's most prominent foreign policy graybeards praised Saturday's direct participation in multinational talks with Iran by a senior US diplomat, but called o... (photo: USAF file / SSgt Charity Barrett)Asia Times
Basket of dates fetches Dh40,000 at auction | Mazirah: A basket of dates fetched Dh40,000 at an auction during the Fourth Liwa Festival in Mazirah in the Western Region. | The basket filled with six kilos of Khalas dates was bought by a waterin... (photo: Creative Commons / stu_spivack)Gulf News DatesFestivalFruitMiddleeastPhotos
Iraq's Talabani rejects election law | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's president has rejected the recently passed provincial elections law, his office said on Wednesday -- a move that appears to doom what has been touted as all-important l... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban, Pool)CNN ElectionsIraqPhotosPoliticsUS
Iran 'steadfast' on nuclear work | Iran's president has said that his country will not bend on its uranium enrichment programme, despite proposals by world powers aimed at bringing an end to Tehran's sen... (photo: AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)Al Jazeera IranNuclearPhotosPresidentUranium
Iran vows no nuclear concessions | Iran will not "retreat one iota" in its nuclear activities, its president says, in his first reaction to a new call for Tehran to end uranium enrichment. | Envoys from ... (photo: AP Photo / Hasan Sarbakhshian)BBC News IranMideastNuclearPhotosUN
When, not if, to leave Iraq | Call it a timetable, phased withdrawal or (our favorite) "joint aspirational time horizons." The Iraq debate has shifted to when - not if - on the subject of a troop pu... (photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. Albert F. Hunt)San Fransisco Chronicle IraqMideastPhotosPoliticsUSWar
Obama vows support for Israel Jul 23, 2008 1:13 PM | US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama began a visit to Jerusalem pledging staunch support for Israel and saying that if elected, he wou... (photo: WN / Julie Adnan)TVNZ IsraelMideastPeacePhotosUS
