War & Conflict

By Giulio Meotti (Commentary) Historian Niall Ferguson writes in Newsweek that "Israel and Iran are on the eve of destruction in a new Six Day War." Bret Stephens in the Wall Street Journal...

The leaders of Syria's 2.8m strong Kurdish community on Jan. 28-29 met in Erbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan. They agreed on a joint strategy for their region to have the same self-rule...

By IsraelNationalNews.com & YnetNews.com Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is "a strong likelihood" that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June, according to the Washington Post's David Ignatius. Israel believes...

By IsraelNationalNews.com Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said that he would be willing to resume negotiations with Israel, but conditioned it on Israel submitting "an encouraging and helpful proposal that can...

By IsraelNationalNews.com Iran is maintaining close contact with the Muslim Brotherhood and wants diplomatic relations in Egypt, Iran's foreign minister said. "Tehran is in constant contact with the Muslim Brotherhood" and will send...

Byline: Staff and wire reports Council district forums scheduled Voters will have another chance to quiz candidates for the City Council on Thursday. The League of Women Voters of Santa Fe County and...

Puerto Rico's governor approved a two-part referendum to help decide the island's political status, but supporters of remaining a U.S. commonwealth criticized the decision to hold both votes on the same day as...

By IsraelNationalNews.com Israel's Channel 2 reported on Tuesday that Mossad director Tamir Pardo was in Washington for talks about a possible attack on Iran's nuclear installations. Pardo's visit, which would normally be conducted...

Byline: John W. Flores I am an honorably discharged U.S. military veteran, having served four years active duty as a search-and-rescue crewman in the U.S. Coast Guard. During that time as a SAR...

I didn't have a special affinity with Scots when I married one many years ago. But I've always been a believer in hybrid vigour and I was thinking about the next generation. In...

Twenty-two years after the US invasion of Panama in 1989 removed him from power (NotiCen, Dec. 22, 1989), former dictator Manuel Noriega (1983-1989) arrived in his home country on Dec. 11. Since 2010,...

By IsraelNationalNews.com The threat posed by a missile attack on Israel is not as terrible as people think, according to Haim Rosenberg, the former head of long-term planning at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems...

By IsraelNationalNews.com The final "exploratory" meeting between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization ended Wednesday in Amman with no progress, officials said. PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat and Israeli attorney Yitzchak Mocho made little...

If you go:What: Recruitment information session for Doctors Without Borders Where: Lobby conference room of the 200 Market Building, 200 S.W. Market St. in Portland When: Tuesday, at 7 p.m. More information: www.doctorswithoutborders.org...

By Andr=E9 de Nesnera (VOA News) The United States and Jordan have recently pledged to cooperate in an effort to revive the Middle East peace process. Negotiations for a lasting peace in the...

By IsraelNationalNews.com Azerbaijan officials said they uncovered an Iranian-linked Muslim gang that plotted to assassinate Chabad rabbis and others in Baku. The rabbis teach at the Chabad Jewish school in Baku. Azerbaijan's National...

By IsraelNationalNews.com & Ha'aretz The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times resigned Monday and put his paper up for sale after he speculated in print (utilizing his First Amendment Freedom of...

From 1952, when the monarchy was toppled, to Feb. 11 when President Husni Mubarak had to step down because of a revolution by the liberal youth earlier in 2011, Egypt had a presidential...

Having been petroleum minister since on Oct. 9, 1999, Fahmi was removed from his post in late February. On April 21, the public prosecutor ordered Fahmi and five other senior petroleum officials detained...