Khalilzad: Success in Iraq still possible The US ambassador to Iraq has urged Iraqi leaders to work harder to achieve political and security goals.

Olmert pins hopes on Lieberman to stop Iran Prime minister wants Israel Our Home chairman to coordinate work of Israeli agencies monitoring Tehran’s nuclear drive.

N Korea ‘has no plan yet’ for second test China said Tuesday North Korea had no immediate plans to conduct a second nuclear test.

Iran condemns US Gulf exercises Iran has criticised planned US military exercises in the Gulf as provocative.

Abbas orders 20,000 Fatah security men to deploy in Gaza Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has ordered the deployment of more than 20,000 security forces para-militaries and police throughout the Strip as soon as the holiday ends at the end of the week.

Taliban threatens to attack Europe The Taliban Monday vowed to intensify raids against foreign troops in Afghanistan and also said that it would attack civilians in Europe.

Settlements grow on Arab land, despite promises made to U.S. A secret, two year investigation by the defense establishment shows that there has been rampant illegal construction in dozens of settlements and in many cases involving privately owned Palestinian properties.

The World We Know Is Ending It’s the end of the world!! Head for the hills!!! No, wait. Don’t head for the hills-they’re full of Islamist terrorist camps.

Peretz: Gaza operations will continue Israel will continue operating in the Gaza Strip in order to stop terror organizations from further arming themselves.

Global ecosystems ‘face collapse’ Current global consumption levels could result in a large-scale ecosystem collapse by the middle of the century, environmental group WWF has warned.