JEDDAH: US President Barack Obama has praised the Arab peace initiative, which was originally proposed by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. Its aim is to end the Palestinian-Israeli... Full Story
RIYADH: Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad strongly backed the Saudi call for a probe into Israeli war crimes, and said that the UN must set up a war crimes tribunal against Tel Aviv... Full Story
It is now time for sober diplomacy on all fronts. The three-week Israeli blitzkrieg that ravaged Gaza has claimed many victims, and they were not all hapless Palestinian refugees trapped in the overcrowded... Full Story
You aren’t really the US president until you have ordered an airstrike on somebody, so Barack Obama is certainly president now: Two in his first week in office. But now that he has been blooded, can... Full Story
JERUSALEM: US President Barack Obama’s new Middle East envoy sought yesterday to strengthen a 10-day-old Gaza cease-fire that was thrown into turmoil as Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza smuggling tunnels... Full Story
RAMALLAH, West Bank: Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that he would protect the unity of Jerusalem if he were elected premier on Feb. 10. “We have demonstrated in the... Full Story
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: Pakistan said yesterday it wanted closer cooperation with the United States in the fight against Al-Qaeda and the Taleban but had no understanding with Washington that allowed... Full Story
WASHINGTON: America’s top military officer has said that using US military force against Iran remains an option, though it would be a “last resort.” “Iran is unhelpful in many, many ways in many,... Full Story
