Saudi Arabia deployed some 100,000 security personnel to keep order as Muslim pilgrims flooded into the holy city of Mecca in preparation for the annual hajj, beginning on Saturday.
Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs Wednesday in a move that supporters hope will shame the U.S., Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons.
The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Wednesday urging the United States to repeal its trade embargo against Cuba.
The United States is imposing new sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, accusing the elite military unit of illegal trade in missile technology and weapons of mass destruction.
A Lebanese mother and her child who fled to Britain to avoid being separated under their country's Islamic law can stay in the country, Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday.
Israeli leaders are seriously considering a dormant Saudi plan offering a comprehensive peace between Israel and the Arab world in exchange for lands captured during the 1967 war, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday.
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan stressed unity among religions, while still preaching a message of black empowerment, at a rare public event Sunday deemed "a new beginning" for the Chicago-based movement.
Omar strengthened into a hurricane and took aim at the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Wednesday after drenching the southeastern Caribbean.
Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is hosting a high-profile conference uniting former U.N. chief Kofi Annan and other dignitaries this week.
With time running out for the conclusion of an agreement governing U.S. forces in Iraq, nervous negotiators have begun examining alternatives.
The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq says reports suggest Iran has attempted to derail a bilateral agreement that would allow U.S. troops to remain in Iraq after the end of this year.
In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male.
Israel came to a virtual standstill at sundown Wednesday as Jews across the country began observing Yom Kippur, the holiest day of their calendar.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says Japan's Osamu Shimomura and Americans Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien have won the Nobel chemistry prize.
Analysis: While both vice presidential candidates succeeded in their only debate, the stakes were much higher for Sarah Palin. So, in the contest of low expectations, Palin won.
please remember the true history of Israel. there was no such thing as Palestine or Islam when the jews occupied their "homeland" over 6000 yrs ago. If someone everyday for years shot rockets into my backyard every day for three years, I'd be a little pissed off too. What other race of people in history has ever been ousted from their homeland, and scattered to all 4 corners of the Earth, yet continued their bloodline and have not died off? NONE. The Jews really are God's chosen.
Amir, Israel is not made up of coward men. They are now presently fighting on the ground in Gaza. If you know anything about military fighting, you know that if you have the ability to inflict much damage to your enemy without loosing many soldiers, you do that first before committing your infantry. That is how wars are fought. Do you think Israel's generals are stupid? These are warriors that know how to fight and minimizing their looses. They are very smart warriors. Do you forget the seven day war with Egypt and Syria. Two strong countries in the Middle East with modern equipment. Do you remember the outcome of that conflict? Israel, may not have a large population, but they have very smart military leaders.
If Hamas really wanted peace with Israel, this could have been done a long time ago. Do not think for one minute that you will destroy Israel. Israel is here to stay. The sooner your leaders understand this, the sooner there will be peace in that part of the world.
My deepest believe is that there will never be true peace in that part of the world because insanity (Nationalistic Pride) has taken over the soul of your leaders.
Amir, go crawl in a hole, then we can bomb your sorry muslim ass and give you a ready made grave. I'll even dumb pig piss on it, so something nice will grow in your place. Death to Mohammad lovers!
— WLEIT
amir- Are you a whacked out religious Zealot and or were you just dropped on your head as a child ?
You should consider the fact that THE BIG Kahuna
aka God is doubtless Jewish, after all his Son Jesus was a Rabbi, how many Rabbi's do you know whose Fathers aren't Jewish ?
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