Gaza man killed as thousands protest Israel policy

Libya: 147 killed in 6 days of clashes in south
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) Six days of tribal clashes in a remote desert town in southern Libya have killed 147 people, the country's health minister said Saturday. Fatma al-Hamroush said in a press conference in Tripoli that the fighting in Sabha has ... more Gaza man killed as thousands protest Israel policy
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli troops have shot dead a Palestinian protester in Gaza as thousands in the Palestinian territories, Israel and neighboring countries participated in an annual protest against the Jewish state's land policies. On Friday, security ... more Syria says revolt over, but army still shooting
BEIRUT, (Reuters) - Syria says the year-old revolt to topple President Bashar al-Assad is over, but the army again shelled opposition areas on Saturday and rebels said they would not cease fire until tanks, artillery and heavy weapons are withdrawn. Washington ... more Lawyer says U.S. blocks investigation of Afghan massacre
SEATTLE, (Reuters) - The lawyer defending the U.S. soldier accused of murdering 17 Afghan civilians claims U.S. authorities are blocking his ability to investigate the incident. John Henry Browne, the lawyer for Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, said U.S. ... more U.S. drones attack militants in Pakistan, Yemen
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - U.S.-operated drones carried out deadly missile strikes against suspected al Qaeda targets in Pakistan and Yemen on Friday, U.S. government sources said. There was no connection between the targets in the two locations, other ... more Afghanistan presses for answers on long-term U.S. military bases
KABUL, (Reuters) - Afghanistan wants the United States to clearly spell out what sort of military presence it will leave behind once most of its combat troops leave by the end of 2014, a senior Afghan official said. It is also pressing Washington in ... more Bin Laden 'fathered four children while on run'
ISLAMABAD, (AFP) Osama bin Laden fathered four children as he hid out in Pakistan after the 9/11 attacks, his youngest wife told interrogators, according to a police report seen by AFP on Friday. Amal Abdulfattah's account provides rare details of ... more Egypt Islamist registers for election amid fanfare
CAIRO, (AFP) Egyptian Islamist sheikh Hazem Abu Ismail kicked off his candidacy for the presidency on Friday with a large motorcade that headed to the electoral committee headquarters in Cairo. Witnesses said dozens of vehicles packed with the ... more Talabani chairing Arab summit reflects positive state of "new" Iraq - Officials
London, Asharq Al-Awsat Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is the first non-Arab to chair an Arab League summit since 1964, when the first Arab summit was held in Cairo and chaired by then Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Asharq Al-Awsat spoke ... more Dozens of Taliban killed in fighting in west Afghanistan
KABUL, (Reuters) - Dozens of Taliban fighters were killed in U.S. air strikes and a gunbattle in western Afghanistan after an insurgent attack on an Afghan army patrol, NATO and Afghan officials said on Friday. A spokesman of the International Security ... more French police swoop on suspected Islamists
PARIS, (Reuters) - French police commandos arrested 19 people and seized weapons in Friday morning swoops on people suspected of radical Islamist activity, in several cities including Toulouse, scene of the killings of four Jews and three soldiers this ... more Iran helps Syria ship oil to China: sources
LONDON, (Reuters) - Iran is helping its ally Syria defy Western sanctions by providing a vessel to ship Syrian oil to a state-run company in China, potentially giving the government of President Bashar al-Assad a financial boost worth an estimated $80 ... more Clashes as Palestinians mark Land Day
JERUSALEM, (AFP) - Thousands of Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli troops at Qalandia checkpoint in the West Bank on Friday as hundreds more gathered by Jerusalem's Old City to mark Land Day. Rallies were also held by refugee communities ... more Syria fighting rages as Annan urges ceasefire
DAMASCUS, (AFP) - International envoy Kofi Annan urged Syria's Bashar al-Assad to immediately implement a ceasefire, as fighting raged Friday even after the embattled leader said he had accepted the peace plan. Activists, meanwhile, appealed for more ... more Clinton in Saudi Arabia for talks on Syria crisis
RIYADH,(AP) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to work out a unified strategy on the crisis in Syria in talks with Saudi officials on Friday as further violence stymied U.N. efforts to convince Damascus to implement a cease-fire. Clinton's ... more Syria: opposition accepts Annan's plan if implemented in two days
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat - with the Russian Foreign Ministry's announcement calling on the Syrian opposition to accept the peace plan presented by Kofi Annan, the United Nations and Arab League envoy, Waleed al-Bunni, member of the Syrian National ... more Arabs meet to push Syria peace plan, violence unabated
BAGHDAD, (Reuters) - Fighting between Syrian security forces and rebels killed at least 13 people on Thursday as Arab leaders gathered at a summit in Baghdad to press Damascus for rapid implementation of a peace plan that President Bashar al-Assad has ... more Syrian suspicions swirl over Iranian hand in Assad's repression
ANTAKYA, (Reuters) - The Syrian rebel fighter pulled a small copper-plated bullet from his trouser pocket, offering it as supporting evidence as he leveled charges of Iranian involvement in President Bashar al-Assad's army crackdown. "These are what ... more Kuwait condemns Sunnis for burning Iran flag
KUWAIT CITY, (AFP) Kuwait on Thursday condemned Sunni activists for setting ablaze an Iranian flag during a rally to protest a Shiite tweeter's insults against Islam's Prophet Mohammed. A foreign ministry official expressed his "rejection and condemnation ... more

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