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Israel and Hamas are close to a deal to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held for more than three years by the Islamic militant group, a Palestinian familiar with the talks said Monday. Israeli President Shimon Peres, who met with Egypt's president in Cairo Sunday, confirmed ...
CBS News · 1 hour ago
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London, England (CNN) -- A long-awaited inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war got under way Tuesday -- a process that could determine whether former Prime Minister Tony Blair misled his country over the 2003 invasion. The inquiry is expected to be the most thorough investigation yet into the ...
CNN · 2 hours ago
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President Barack Obama showered praise on India and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an elaborate welcoming ceremony Tuesday, declaring it was only fitting the Indian leader should be the first state visitor of his administration. Obama said the United States and India share the "bold experiments" ...
CBS News · 16 minutes ago
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RIYADH (Reuters) - More than two million Muslims gather this week for the annual haj pilgrimage to Islam's holy city of Mecca, where Saudi authorities hope to minimize spread of the H1N1 virus and prevent any political demonstration. The haj, one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious ...
ABC News · Nov. 23, 2009
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LANDIKOTAL, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani soldiers killed 18 militants on Tuesday in a campaign to break a network orchestrating attacks on Western forces' supplies to Afghanistan and carrying out bombings, a security official said. Any heavy casualties inflicted on militants in the Khyber region ...
ABC News · 1 hour ago
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More than 100,000 security personnel are being deployed during the Hajj The authorities in Saudi Arabia have warned people not to stage protests at the Hajj, as more than 2.5 million Muslims prepare for the pilgrimage. The interior ministry official in charge of security, Gen Mansour al-Turki, said ...
BBC · Nov. 23, 2009
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Search teams pulled 24 more bodies out of shallow graves in the Philippines Tuesday bringing the death toll to 46 in a massacre linked to local elections, state-run media reported. The Philippine government declared a state of emergency in southern parts of the country following Monday's shooting, ...
CNN · 43 minutes ago
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Those two nations have also resisted U.S. and European calls for tougher U.N. sanctions against Iran for refusing to freeze its enrichment program. While any board resolution is mostly symbolic, it does get reported to the Security Council. Beyond that, unified action in Vienna could signal that ...
USA Today · 31 minutes ago
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KATMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters. A Nepalese minister said it was the largest sacrificial ...
Fox News · 3 hours ago
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An influential Sri Lankan opposition party says it has invited former military chief Gen Sarath Fonseka to be its presidential candidate. The People's Liberation Front (JVP) said it had come to an agreement with the general that he would be a 'common opposition candidate'. Gen Fonseka, who led ...
BBC · 39 minutes ago
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