Tells Palestinian leader to not give up

Israel president urges Mahmoud Abbas to stay on

TEL AVIV (AFP)

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday used a speech honoring slain premier Yitzhak Rabin to urge Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to stay in power despite frustrations over the peace process. "We both signed the Oslo accords and I address myself to you (Abbas) as a colleague would: Don't give up,"...More

Peres was giving a speech honoring slain premier Yitzhak Rabin who was killed in 1995 (File)

Peres was giving a speech honoring slain premier Yitzhak Rabin who was killed in 1995 (File)

Three receive 12-year terms

Tunisia jails 8 for terrorism links

A Tunisian court has sentenced eight men to up to 12 years in jail on charges of belonging to a terrorist cell, a defense lawyer said on Saturday. Three received 12-year terms and five were imprisoned for between three and six years, Anouar Kousri told...More

Kousri said the defendants were convicted of belonging to a terrorist group and helping to provide it with weapons (File)

Health ministry officials first to receive inoculation

Saudi begins flu vaccination ahead of hajj

Saudi Arabia began vaccinating its population against swine flu on Saturday, with priority going to government employees working on the annual hajj pilgrimage that takes place later this month. Health ministry officials were the first to receive the inoculation against A(H1N1), the official SPA news agency...More

Pilgrims receive the H1N1flu vaccination (File)

PM-designate Hariri set to announce new govt in days

Lebanon's opposition agrees to join Hariri govt

Rival parties reach agreement over division of cabinet seats (File)

Lebanon's opposition has agreed to a proposed government line-up, Hezbollah said on Saturday, paving the way to the end of five months of tortuous...More

Agree on a list of 4,500 participants from the strip

Palestinian rivals cooperate for Gaza hajj trip

Palestinian Muslim pilgrims arrive at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on their way to the annual pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca (File)

Hundreds of Gaza Palestinians set off for Mecca on Friday for the annual hajj pilgrimage, after bitter rivals Fatah and Hamas set aside their dispute to agree...More

Yemeni Houthi rebels attack Saudi border guards

Saudi detains 100 rebels, 40 soldiers wounded

Saudi forces respond to attacks by Yemeni rebels who infiltrated into the Kingdom

The Saudi authorities on Friday detained 100 Yemeni Houthi rebels who have infiltrated into the kingdom wearing women clothes, as 40 Saudi soldiers have been...More

Arab League chief asks Abbas to run in election

Israel keen on Abbas staying in office: reports

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas speaks during a televised speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah (File)

Israel kept mum on Friday on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's announcement that he will not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is...More

Israel, Palestinians given 3 months to start inquiries

UN assembly calls for probes of Gaza war crimes

A Palestinian stands on the rubble of the bombed headquarters of the National Guard in Gaza City

In a move that angered Israel, the U.N. General Assembly voted early on Friday to urge the Jewish state and Palestinians to investigate war crimes charges...More

IAEA fears Iran knows how deploy bombs on missiles

Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead: report

The two-point implosion technology makes it easy to produce missile nuclear bombs

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting the Islamic Republic's scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear...More

Hezbollah denies involvement in arms shipment

Israel says UN censure should focus on its foes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefed reporters about the arms shipment (File)

Israel, irked by U.N. censure over its part in a Gaza war, said on Thursday the seizure of an alleged Iranian arms shipment to Hezbollah showed it was...More