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A settlements row has sunk US-Israeli relations to their lowest point for 35 years, a top Israeli envoy is quoted as saying.
A suicide bomber explodes a car in the Iraqi city of Falluja, killing at least seven people and wounding 13, officials say.
Israel’s prime minister did not indicate that new housing plans for a Jewish neighborhood would be canceled — a move that might mollify the U.S. and ease the start of peace talks.
Brazil’s president arrives in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour to throw his country’s weight behind the peace process.
Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki’s bloc strengthens its lead over its main rivals with partial election results now in from all 18 provinces.
A leading member of the Hamas militant group, Mahar Uda, is arrested in the West Bank, the Israeli army says.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Israel’s plans for new housing units for Jews in East Jerusalem “a deeply negative signal” about Israel-American relations.
The issue of whether the oil city should join the Kurdistan region received strong support on both sides.
Chaos, weak oversight and wide use of cash payments in the reconstruction program in Iraq allowed Americans who took bribes or stole money to get off scot-free.
In negotiations the presidency has emerged as a growing quarrel, threatening to upset Iraq’s still tenuous and ambiguous arrangements of sect, ethnicity and power.
Partial results for Iraq’s elections show PM Nouri Maliki’s coalition ahead in the crucial area of Baghdad, officials say.
Israel wants to prevent Palestinians to enter the country for 48 hours, in reaction to clashes following Friday prayers that have taken place in the past few weeks.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a stinging rebuke to Israel over new settlements in East Jerusalem.
The arrest of a New Jersey man, Sharif Mobley, in the Yemeni capital is the latest in an alarming string of cases involving radicalized American Muslims.
Israel charges two of soldiers over the use of a Palestinian boy as a human shield during its offensive against Hamas in Gaza.
The UN’s top humanitarian official strongly criticises Israel’s Gaza blockade and its expanding settlements.
First results from Iraq’s election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.
Protests by opponents of the prime minister appeared to delay the announcement of the preliminary results and could undermine public
acceptance of the outcome.
Hamas releases a British journalist it had held for a month in Gaza, saying at a news conference that it suspects him of being a spy.
First results from Iraq’s election show PM Nouri Maliki’s grouping leading in two southern provinces, officials say.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met the Emirati leader over military defenses and growing fears in the Persian Gulf over possible missile attacks by Iran.
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called for no delay in resuming peace talks, after Palestinians said Israel must cancel a settlement project before negotiations can begin.
US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.
At least one person is killed in clashes between police and separatists in southern Yemen.
Palestinian leaders meeting with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. condemned a decision by Israel on new housing, but still spoke of participating in peace talks.
