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Libya seeking UN condemnation of Israeli settlement building
United Nations Security Council member Libya on Friday presented a document to the UN calling for "an immediate and complete end" to the building and expansion of West Bank settlements.
The Arab League delayed the issuing of the document until Friday, out of a desire to wait until the end of June when the United States will be replaced as Security Council president by Vietnam.
Palestinian factions argue about ceasefire
Palestinian factions argued Saturday they had the right to respond to Israeli violations of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire which took hold in the Gaza Strip nine days ago.
The argument intensified after Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, criticized two other groups for firing rockets into Israel in defiance of the ceasefire.
Israel: Bill To Dissolve Parliament Dies, Saving Olmert
Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert won yet another reprieve this week, just hours before the parliament was set to dissolve itself in a move that would almost certainly have led to new elections and Olmert's ouster from office.
UN Observer Force In Golan Heights To Continue
The Security Council today extended for another six months the United Nations force observing the more than three-decade-old ceasefire between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights.
Rare Iraqi Jewish books 'surface in Israel'
Some 300 rare and valuable books confiscated from Iraq's Jewish community by Saddam Hussein's regime have been secretly spirited into Israel, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday.
US Congress approves Israel aid increase
The US Congress has approved a 170 million dollar increase in security assistance to Israel as part of its new 10-year, 30 billion dollar defense aid commitment to the Jewish state.
The aid includes a 20 billion dollar weapons package for Saudi Arabia, a 13 billion dollar package for Egypt, and reportedly arms deals worth at least 20 billion dollars for other Gulf states.
'West is too small to punish Iran'
Israel is no match for Iran and cannot stop its nuclear program, Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari said in an interview to Iranian daily Jam-e Jam Saturday.
"This country [Israel] is completely within the range of the Islamic republic's missiles. Our missile power and capability are such that the Zionist regime - despite all its abilities - cannot confront it," Jafari said, according to an AFP report.
Iran to control Gulf oil route if attacked
The Revolutionary Guards said Iran would impose controls on shipping in the vital Gulf oil route if Iran was attacked and warned regional states of reprisals if they took part, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Chavez says Venezuela will not raise gas prices
Gasoline is cheaper in Venezuela than almost anywhere in the world, selling for as little as 12 cents a gallon.
Chavez on Friday pledged to maintain fuel subsidies as a matter of "sovereignty" for the oil-producing nation.
U.S.: Senate Committee Passes Bill To Cancel 25 Nations' Debts
The legislation takes the unusual step of instructing U.S. officials at international financial institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Paris Club of bilateral creditors not to seek to impose the traditional conditions that have often been blamed for economic crises in many developing nations.
United Nations Security Council member Libya on Friday presented a document to the UN calling for "an immediate and complete end" to the building and expansion of West Bank settlements.
The Arab League delayed the issuing of the document until Friday, out of a desire to wait until the end of June when the United States will be replaced as Security Council president by Vietnam.
Palestinian factions argue about ceasefire
Palestinian factions argued Saturday they had the right to respond to Israeli violations of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire which took hold in the Gaza Strip nine days ago.
The argument intensified after Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, criticized two other groups for firing rockets into Israel in defiance of the ceasefire.
Israel: Bill To Dissolve Parliament Dies, Saving Olmert
Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert won yet another reprieve this week, just hours before the parliament was set to dissolve itself in a move that would almost certainly have led to new elections and Olmert's ouster from office.
UN Observer Force In Golan Heights To Continue
The Security Council today extended for another six months the United Nations force observing the more than three-decade-old ceasefire between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights.
Rare Iraqi Jewish books 'surface in Israel'
Some 300 rare and valuable books confiscated from Iraq's Jewish community by Saddam Hussein's regime have been secretly spirited into Israel, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday.
US Congress approves Israel aid increase
The US Congress has approved a 170 million dollar increase in security assistance to Israel as part of its new 10-year, 30 billion dollar defense aid commitment to the Jewish state.
The aid includes a 20 billion dollar weapons package for Saudi Arabia, a 13 billion dollar package for Egypt, and reportedly arms deals worth at least 20 billion dollars for other Gulf states.
'West is too small to punish Iran'
Israel is no match for Iran and cannot stop its nuclear program, Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari said in an interview to Iranian daily Jam-e Jam Saturday.
"This country [Israel] is completely within the range of the Islamic republic's missiles. Our missile power and capability are such that the Zionist regime - despite all its abilities - cannot confront it," Jafari said, according to an AFP report.
Iran to control Gulf oil route if attacked
The Revolutionary Guards said Iran would impose controls on shipping in the vital Gulf oil route if Iran was attacked and warned regional states of reprisals if they took part, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Chavez says Venezuela will not raise gas prices
Gasoline is cheaper in Venezuela than almost anywhere in the world, selling for as little as 12 cents a gallon.
Chavez on Friday pledged to maintain fuel subsidies as a matter of "sovereignty" for the oil-producing nation.
U.S.: Senate Committee Passes Bill To Cancel 25 Nations' Debts
The legislation takes the unusual step of instructing U.S. officials at international financial institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Paris Club of bilateral creditors not to seek to impose the traditional conditions that have often been blamed for economic crises in many developing nations.
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