Biden says much work remains to be done in Iraq

US Vice President makes surprise visit to Iraq

BAGHDAD (Al Arabiya)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Thursday to meet with Iraqi leaders and discuss the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces by the end of 2011, a day after Iraq’s defense minister said withdrawn U.S. forces could be asked to return to the war-torn capital. Biden's trip came just after...More
US Vice President Joe Biden makes surprise Iraq visit following US handover of security inside cities to Iraqi forces
US Vice President Joe Biden makes surprise Iraq visit following US handover of security inside cities to Iraqi forces

Tel avivl accuses rights group of "manipulation" by Hamas

Israel's Gaza war crimes not "collateral damage"

Israel sought to defend itself Thursday against the latest accusations by a major international organization that it committed war crimes against people in Gaza, claiming that the Islamist group Hamas manipulated the group responsible for the most recent...More
Human Rights Watch reports written in English, Hebrew and Arabic on the 22-day Israeli offensive in Gaza

Public funeral to be held July 7 at Staples Center in LA

Jackson may get Muslim burial: reports

Michael Jackson’s funeral will be held next Tuesday at the Los Angeles Staples Center is to be the biggest funeral in history, and the pop icon family will reportedly have a traditional Muslim burial for him, media reports said...More
Michael Jackson, who reportedly convertied to Islam in 2008, will get a Muslim burial accoring to a source (File)

Amano wins without support from developing nations

Japan’s Amano wins election for IAEA chief

Japan’s Yukiya Amano wins vote for IAEA chief by a narrow margin and without support from developing nations
Japanese Diplomat Yukiya Amano wins on Thursday election to become the International Atomic Energy Agency's next general-director when Egyptian Mohamed...More

Operation Khanjar to bring security to Afhan people

US marines storm south in Afghan offensive

US Marines wait for helicopter transport as part of Operation Khanjar
Thousands of U.S. Marines deployed in Afghanistan's Taliban heartlands Thursday in an air and ground assault that marked a high-risk test of President...More

India decriminalized homosexual acts

Gay sex is no longer a crime in India: High Court

Indian gay rights activists march in Bangalore on June 28.
The New Delhi High Court made the prospect of freedom and understanding for gays and lesbians in India a closer reality on Thursday as it decriminalized gay...More

Filed a complaint to ban his entry to the country

Ahmadinejad unwelcome in Egypt: lawyer

Egypt and Iran have frosty relations, and Hosni Mubarak (L) did not congratulate
An Egyptian Islamist lawyer has filed a complaint with the prosecutor general calling for banning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from entering the...More

Tells Al Arabiya Iraqi troops can defend US bases

US troops could return to Iraq: defense minister

Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul-Qadir al-Obeidi in an interview with Al Arabiya
A day after American troops pulled out of Iraq following their seven-year invasion, Iraq’s defense minister said in an interview to air Friday that it was...More

Israeli-US settlement freeze talks hit a dead end

Israel held firm once more against a total settlement freeze in defiance of international protocols and past peace agreements as talks on Tuesday between its Defense Minister Ehud Barak and United...More

US delays release CIA report on secret prisons

The United States Department of Justice delayed the release Wednesday of a CIA report detailing the secret detention prisons opened during the former administration and which sparked worldwide...More

Fireworks terrorize war weary Congo town

Independence day fireworks in Goma sent terrified Congolese sprinting for cover on Tuesday in fear that war had broken out again in their eastern city. Officials had organized the display to...More

Sizzling GCC states issue ban on outdoor work

Scorching hot Gulf States, Bahrain and the UAE, issued Wednesday a ban on outdoor construction work during the hottest time of the day in an effort to curb accidents and illness of the region's...More

Muslims offer 100,000 Qurans to US leaders

America's top Muslim civil liberties advocacy group launched its "Share the Quran" campaign on Tuesday in which it will hand out 100,000 free copies of Islam's holy book in an...More

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