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World
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Region
8/14/2011 12:23:12 PM
Palestinian President Abbas is to petition the UN for membership on 20 September, hoping Lebanon as head of the Security Council will add to their weight
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World
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Region
8/11/2011 11:31:20 AM
Israel government approves thousands of new settlements in East Jerusalem to snub a Palestinian plan to seek United Nations membership
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World
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Region
8/10/2011 4:22:51 PM
"We believe the Palestinians would be making an error seeking UN recognition now before negotiations", expresses US Democrat on the UN bid for membership
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World
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Region
8/4/2011 11:42:07 AM
Possibilities for peace talks are not ruled out, says Palestinian President Abbas, as the Arab League approves a final draft of the Palestinian request for UN membership
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World
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Region
8/2/2011 1:18:04 PM
Israel says it is willing to begin new Middle East peace talks using the 1967 lines as a basis for negotiations if the Palestinians drop their UN membership bid
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World
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Region
7/25/2011 10:44:35 AM
Israel is weighing the possibility of cancelling the landmark Oslo accords with the Palestinians in response to their plan to seek United Nations membership
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World
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Region
7/23/2011 12:47:17 PM
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Saturday that the Palestinians' bid for UN membership was forced upon them by Israel's refusal to halt settlement building and end occupation
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Opinion
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7/18/2011 5:37:07 PM
Recognition of an independent Palestinian state by the UN General Assembly will be a great achievement and a step towards Palestinian membership of the UN
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World
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Region
7/16/2011 3:45:51 PM
A Turkish court has jailed 14 people pending trial on charges of al Qaeda membership for allegedly planning an attack on the U.S. embassy in Ankara
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World
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Region
7/12/2011 12:18:01 PM
A comprehensive settlement for Palestine will require full UN membership, say negotiators after the Quartet meeting goes nowhere
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Business
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Economy
6/24/2011 1:28:55 PM
Following the pro-democratic changes in north Africa, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development may expand its membership to the region, and is looking at requests from Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco
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World
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Region
5/11/2011 3:03:02 PM
Analysts call Gulf Cooperation Council a "king's club" and describe it as "leading the counter revolution" as monarchies in Morocco and Jordan request joining the political organization
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Books
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4/28/2011 2:30:24 PM
Despite the slew of new faces nominated for the board of Egypt’s Writer’s Union, the history and membership structure render fundamental change highly unlikely
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World
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Region
3/8/2011 4:06:41 PM
Gathered around Cairo's downtown Arab League headquarters, Iraqi protesters are demanding the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and an end to regime and it's corruption
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World
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Region
1/26/2011 12:29:49 PM
The south's minister for regional cooperation, Alor, has no problem with the ICC, though membership would compel the south to arrest Bashir if he entered its territory
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Egypt
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Politics
12/19/2010 4:50:43 PM
Tagammu cadre rally behind Party leader Rifaat El Said, after a membership rebellion called for no-confidence vote, accusing El Said of complicity with the government
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Egypt
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Egypt Elections 2010
12/11/2010 6:07:28 PM
The head of the Wafd has notified parliament of the suspension of Wafd candidates who ran and gained seats in parliament despite the party's stated boycott
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World
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12/11/2010 12:29:55 PM
Pope Bendeict XVI was the leading voice behind the Holy See's unsuccessful drive to secure a reference to Europe's "Christian roots" in the EU constitution
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Egypt
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Egypt Elections 2010
12/9/2010 12:10:09 PM
The Wafd Party has decided to have no parliamentary representation in the 2010-2015 People's Assembly and moves to freeze the membership of its winning MPs
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World
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International
12/7/2010 3:57:58 PM
The European Union backed Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday
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