Monthly Archives: September 2009

A top official in the Obama Administration has at last admitted what intelligence agents and Israeli government officials have been warning about for years: Iran intends to build a nuclear arsenal.

Israel has informed the Palestinian Authority that it will not authorize the operation of a second cellular phone network until the PA withdraws its demand that the International Criminal Court in the Hague investigate alleged Israeli "war crimes," as documented in the Goldstone panel report on Operation Cast Lead.

Three insurgents and one policeman were killed in a gun battle in the southern Russian region of Dagestan, the latest in a wave of attacks rocking the predominantly Muslim North Caucasus region.

German authorities have uncovered a new video threatening attacks against the country over its military engagement in Afghanistan ahead of this weekend's pivotal elections, an official said Friday.

Yemen's government is ready to fight Shiite rebels in the mountainous north for "years," the president vowed on Saturday, though he also said hostilities could end if the rebels agree a ceasefire.

Thousands of Muslim men and women gathered Friday outside the United States Capitol in a "day of Islamic unity" to hold a mass prayer and show their religion was peaceful as a group of Christian protestors gathered to object to the event.

Toward the end of her marriage, Rabia Iqbal said she feared for her life.

Prosecutors believe suspect intended to strike NY. Government says Zazi made numerous trips to Pakistan (Adds details; next hearing set for Tuesday in New York)

Israel would not "dare attack Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a press conference Friday, after new revelations surfaced that the country has been building a secret uranium enrichment plant.

An IAF strike in the northern Gaza Strip killed three members of a terrorist cell Friday evening, in the first such move since the end of Operation Cast Lead in January.