ISRAEL BURIES 4 SOLDIERS BUT THE MOURNING IS MARRED BY DISCORD

Gadi Eisenkot, the military chief of staff, a post normally among the most revered and popular among Israeli Jews... READ MORE›

MOURNING FOR SLAIN SOLDIERS A SOMBER RITUAL IN ISRAEL IS MARRED BY DISCORD

Gadi Eisenkot, the military chief of staff, a post normally among the most revered and popular among Israeli Jews... READ MORE›

ISRAELI SOLDIER CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER AFTER SHOOTING WOUNDED PALESTINIAN ATTACKER

Sgt. Elor Azaria was caught on video fatally shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant who stabbed a soldier in March... READ MORE›

ISRAELI COURT CONVICTS SOLDIER OF FATALLY SHOOTING WOUNDED PALESTINIAN ASSAILANT

On the West Bank, meanwhile, the family of Sharif gathered in Hebron to watch the verdict being read on Israeli television, the Associated Press reported... READ MORE›

ISRAELI SOLDIER CONVICTED IN KILLING OF IMMOBILE PALESTINIAN

A military court convicts an Israeli soldier of manslaughter over his fatal shooting of an incapacitated Palestinian assailant in the occupied West Bank last March... READ MORE›

ISRAEL CONVICTS SOLDIER WHO KILLED INCAPACITATED PALESTINIAN ATTACKER

Gadi Eisenkot, chief of staff for Israeli military forces, was less forgiving at a press conference Tuesday... READ MORE›

THE MILITARY TRIAL THAT'S TEARING ISRAEL APART

The question many Israelis are asking is why Azaria is even on trial... READ MORE›

SUSPECTS HELD IN DEATH OF BANGLADESHI BLOGGER

The only man arrested in Mr.Roy's killing is Shafiur Rahman Farabi, who has a large following among Islamist youth on social media... READ MORE›

IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS ARE NEARING A DEAL WITH FEWER OBSTACLES

Kerry's 16th consecutive day at the talks, and after convening the rest of the United States negotiating team, he met with Mr... READ MORE›

IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR WORLD'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATES TO DISARM

But he says the nuclear weapons states are not keeping their side of the bargain by disarming... READ MORE›

AFGHAN SESAME STREET INTRODUCES ZARI A MUPPET AND ROLE MODEL FOR GIRLS

The director of communications for Sesame Workshop, Philip Toscano, said the Muppet was based on research aiming to develop a character that would resonate with viewers... READ MORE›

JORDAN SAYS CONDUCTED 56 AIR RAIDS IN THREE DAYS AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE

McCain said the European opposition missed the connection between military pressure and successful diplomacy... READ MORE›

IRAN REJECTS OBAMA NUCLEAR CALL BEFORE NETANYAHU SPEECH

But Mr Netanyahu had been wrong on Iran before when he opposed an interim nuclear agreement struck last year, Mr Obama said... READ MORE›

WITH NUCLEAR DEAL DONE IRAN SETS OUT TO REASSURE WARY GULF ARABS

No country can solve regional problems without the help of others Mohammad Javad Zarif said at a news conference hosted by the Iranian embassy in Kuwait... READ MORE›

IRANS TOP NEGOTIATOR SAYS ACCORD CAN BE DRAFTED

Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German foreign minister, met Saturday with Mr.Kerry and then separately with Mr... READ MORE›

OPEN SOURCE IRANIANS CELEBRATE ONLINE AND IN THE STREETS

Supporters of the agreement rallied outside the foreign ministry, singing in honor of the negotiators, and waved flags and victory signs on the streets of the capital... READ MORE›

"Some people may not like to see the sanctions lifted," the president, Hassan Rouhani, said as Iranian negotiators and their United States counterparts resumed talks in Geneva... READ MORE›

REPORTERS NOTEBOOK DISCUSSIONS SHIFT TO ENDGAMES

Well one balcony Mohammad Javad Zarif's Iran's foreign minister who on Saturday spent a lot of time in the sun... READ MORE›

IRAN AND WORLD POWERS GIVE THEMSELVES 72 HOURS TO CLINCH NUCLEAR DEAL

Ali Akbar Velayati, top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called Kerry's remarks part of America's psychological warfare against Iran ... READ MORE›

WHO WILL WIN THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE? THESE ARE THE ODDS-ON FAVORITES.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai poses with the medal and the diploma during the awards ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo Dec... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: SAUDI-IRANIAN PROXY WAR OVER SYRIA SPREADS TO DAVOS

Prince Turki hit back in the closed session, blasting Iran's role in the Syria conflict, the participants said... READ MORE›

IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S OFFICE SLIPS UP WITH PREMATURE TWEET ON NUCLEAR AGREEMENT

Message welcoming deal quickly deleted after talks in Vienna on UN security council resolution fail to come to anticipated conclusion... READ MORE›

AMERICANS IMPRISONED IN IRAN A TOPIC FOR KERRY, IRANIAN OFFICIALS AT U.N.

Kerry declined to be specific, saying there are a lot of issues to discuss of mutual interest to Iran and the United States... READ MORE›

IRAN REVS UP FOR ITS LATEST HOLOCAUST CARTOON CONTEST

But, as myriad observers have noted, Holocaust denial within the Iranian regime did not begin and end with Ahmadinejad... READ MORE›

FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT'S LOVE CHILD SWORE SCHOOLFRIENDS TO SECRECY

He liked capitals too. Mazarine was not Mitterrand's only secret... READ MORE›

KERRY MEETS IRAN MINISTER IN MUNICH ON NUCLEAR TALKS

Their meeting was focused on the ongoing nuclear negotiations and they discussed the recent meetings of the P5 1 six world powers, a senior U... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: KERRY TELLS IRAN FOREIGN MINISTER 'THE PAST DOES MATTER' - SOURCES

Exclusive kerry tells iran foreign minister the past does matter... READ MORE›

A DEAL WITH IRAN MUST NOT COME AT ANY PRICE

The whole point of this immense diplomatic effort was to remove the threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iran for the foreseeable future... READ MORE›

LATE-NIGHT ROWS AND THREATENED WALKOUTS: HOW THE IRAN DEAL WAS DONE

At 10.45pm last Monday Mohammad Javad Zarif the Iranian foreign minister went before all of his adversaries from the P5 plus 1 ... READ MORE›

IRAN FM: SANCTIONS ON TEHRAN TO BE LIFTED ON SATURDAY

Javad zarif says sanctions to be abolished after iaea issues its final report on nuclear programme, according to isna... READ MORE›

ISRAELI SOLDIER WHO SHOT WOUNDED PALESTINIAN CRITICIZES SUPERIORS

The Israel Defense Forces declined to comment on Sergeant Azaria's accusation against Major Naaman... READ MORE›

JAPAN TROUNCES SINGAPORE IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER

Mahbud managed to keep out a Honda free kick on 24 minutes before Japan doubled its lead... READ MORE›

IRAN FIRES MISSILES EMBLAZONED WITH 'ISRAEL MUST BE WIPED OUT'

Hajizadeh stressed that Iran would not fire the missiles in anger or start a war with Israel... READ MORE›

CHICAGO ARTIST MARKS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WITH WORK THE SIZE OF 'GUERNICA'

One hundred years after the mass killing of Armenians, a Chicago artist has created a monumental painting to honor the victims and celebrate a culture that... READ MORE›

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ACCUSES NIGERIAN ARMY OF MASS KILLINGS OF SHIAS IN NORTHERN CITY

Amnesty International accuses Nigerian army of mass killings of Shias in northern city... READ MORE›

2017 TOUR TO CLIMB ALL OF FRANCE'S MOUNTAIN RANGES

A little over a year later, Mazarine and her mother were among the mourners at Mitterrand's funeral, alongside Danielle... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN FAMILY FEUD ENDS IN MASSACRE AFTER 28 YEARS

A third daughter, 18, was wounded in Tuesday night's attack in the central Pakistani city of Jhang, police said... READ MORE›

AMERICAN PSYCHO SYSTEM A 'CO-WORKER OF GOD'

US President Barack Obama made his eighth - and final - address to the United Nations General Assembly this week... READ MORE›

OBAMA CALLS FOR MORE EFFORTS TO HELP REFUGEES

US President Barack Obama called on countries in the world to open our hearts and do more to help refugees who are desperate for home... READ MORE›

THE U.S. AND CHINA JUST RATIFIED THE PARIS CLIMATE DEAL -- WHICH COULD BE BAD NEWS FOR DONALD TRUMP

If Hillary Clinton is elected in November, she is expected to continue Obama's climate policies and to begin implementing the Paris climate agreement immediately... READ MORE›

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS TO ATTEND HIROSHIMA EVENT FOR OBAMA VISIT

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WHITE HOUSE AIDES MULLING POSSIBLE OBAMA VISIT TO HIROSHIMA AFTER G-7 SUMMIT

Aides to U.S. President Barack Obama are looking at a possible unprecedented presidential visit to the atom-bombed city of Hiroshima during his trip to Jap... READ MORE›

IRAN'S 'SUPREME LEADER' AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI WELCOMES SANCTIONS LIFT, WARNS OF US 'DECEIT'

I reiterate the need to be vigilant about the deceit and treachery of arrogant countries, especially the United States Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei... READ MORE›

IRAN COMPLIES WITH NUCLEAR DEAL SANCTIONS ARE LIFTED

Five Americans, including a Washington Post reporter, Jason Rezaian, were released by Iran hours before the nuclear accord was implemented... READ MORE›

OBAMA HAILS IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL, PRISONER SWAP AND 'STRONG AMERICAN DIPLOMACY'

Yesterday marked a milestone in preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon... READ MORE›

IRAN IS INVITED TO JOIN US RUSSIA AND EUROPE FOR TALKS ON SYRIAS FUTURE

Mr. Kirby added that the United States still opposed what he termed Iran's destabilizing activities in Syria... READ MORE›

IRAN MISSILE TEST MAY HAVE VIOLATED U.N. RULES BUT SEPARATE FROM NUCLEAR DEAL

The White House on Tuesday said Iran likely breached U.N. Security Council rules when it tested a long-range ballistic missile last weekend, raising the pr... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA BACKS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Mr Obama said he believed the movement to end world poverty was impeded by poor governance, inequality, war, climate change and sexism... READ MORE›

OBAMA TO MEET WITH CUBA'S CASTRO AT U.N. ON TUESDAY

The official was speaking aboard Obama's plane as he flew from Washington to New York... READ MORE›