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Bahamas to stop hunting of sea turtles

World
2009-9-1

SOUPS, stews and pies flavored with sea turtle meat will soon be illegal across the 700 islands of the Bahamas, environmental activists and scientists said on Sunday. Despite opposition from many fishermen, the...

Fatah-Hamas negotiations break down

World
2009-3-20

TALKS between the rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah broke up yesterday, without a deal on a national unity government, participants said. The break-up of the Egyptian-mediated talks came just two days after...

Swap deal may still be possible - Hamas

World
2009-3-18

HAMAS appeared to hold out hope for a last-minute prisoner swap with Israel yesterday, saying some progress had been made in talks despite Israel's claim that the militant group had hardened its position and backed...

Bin Laden accuses some Arab countries complicit with Israel

World
2009-3-15

AL-QAIDA leader Osama bin Laden has accused some Arab countries of "complicit" with Israel on the recent military offensive in the Palestinian Gaza Strip that killed more than 1,400 Palestinians, according to an audio...

Israel may cut lending rates to 0.5 percent

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-2-23

THE Bank of Israel will probably lower its benchmark lending rate today to a record 0.5 percent as Governor Stanley Fischer seeks to shore up flagging economic growth. The rate will be cut by half a point from...

Final count leaves Israel with election headache

World
2009-2-13

FINAL results of Israel's parliamentary election confirmed yesterday that the centrist party of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni won the contest by a single seat over right-winger Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud. The...

Livni and Netanyahu both claim victory

World
2009-2-11

FOREIGN Minister Tzipi Livni and hard-line rival Benjamin Netanyahu both claimed victory in Israel's parliamentary election today, but official results suggested the race was too close to call. With more than...

Hamas theft halts UN aid to Gaza Strip

World
2009-2-7

THE UN agency for Palestinian refugees said yesterday that it has halted all aid shipments into the Gaza Strip due to interference by the ruling Hamas militant group. The UN Relief and Works Agency said it made...

UN relief packages grabbed by Hamas

World
2009-2-5

HAMAS police in Gaza broke into a warehouse full of United Nations humanitarian supplies and seized thousands of blankets and food parcels, a UN spokesman said yesterday, raising the possibility of a rupture between...

Jordanian delegation turned away by Egypt at Rafah crossing

World
2009-1-29

A JORDANIAN delegation of engineers was denied by Egypt to enter Gaza, local daily The Jordan Times reported today. The delegation was on a humanitarian mission to assess the situation on the ground and find ways...