Israel blocks EU team’s meeting with Arafat
TEL AVIV, April 4: A high-level EU delegation flew in on Thursday to try to tackle a tidal wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence but ran into trouble even before it arrived, with...
Coalition forces come under attack in Paktia
BAGRAM AIR BASE, April 4: Coalition forces have come under fresh attack from Taliban and Al Qaeda forces in eastern Afghanistan’s Shahi Kot valley, a US military spokesman said on Thursday....
6 UN men beaten up in Lebanon
NAQOURA (Lebanon), April 4: Six United Nations observers in southern Lebanon were beaten up by members of the Hezbollah militia, the commander of UN peacekeeping forces in the region said on...
FBI probing staffers who fail lie test
WASHINGTON, April 4: As many as seven FBI employees with access to highly classified information face more investigation after taking polygraph tests given to tighten security following the discovery of a...
EU, Asian states moving closer on immigration
COSTA TEGUISE (Spain) April 4: The European Union and 10 east Asian nations inched closer Thursday to their first-ever joint position on ways to roll back the tide of illegal immigration...