Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Since the establishment of the State of Israel, various waves of people have been displaced. Arab villagers were displaced during...

Source: Reuters * U.N.-backed tribunal responds to Hezbollah criticism * Says "unhelpful" to speculate on indictments * Denies politicisation, wants to be judged on final...

Source: Human Rights Watch (New York) - A Moroccan appeals court has confirmed the conviction of 35 defendants, including six political figures, in the so-called...

Source: Reuters July 28 (Reuters) - All 152 people on board a commercial Pakistani Airbus 321, belonging to private airline Airblue, were killed when it...

Source: IRIN As the humanitarian "system" becomes more complex, with new actors and overlapping mandates, different definitions of humanitarian aid, and ever-more ambitious goals, humanitarian...

Source: Reuters * King Abdullah's tour to include Syria and Lebanon * Trip follows harsh sanctions on regional foe Iran By Souhail Karam RIYADH,...

Source: Reuters (Reuters) - U.S. efforts to get Israel and the Palestinians to move from indirect proximity talks to face-to-face peace negotiations have shown little...

MAG (Mines Advisory Group)

Reporting period: 1 - 31 June 2010

Summary:

Source: Human Rights Watch (New York) - The Syrian authorities should release Ziad Ramadan, who the Syrian authorities falsely claim is detained so he can...

Source: Reuters * Israel drops demand Turks promise not to test blockade * Navy braces for Lebanese ships, though still docked * Military auditor urges...

A relatively strong earthquake rocked southeastern Iran, Saturday, a day after a 5.7 magnitude quake shook a northeastern province, injuring at least 170 people. (image/jpeg 0.09MB )

One Palestinian has been killed and at least 11 wounded in a wave of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip late Friday and early... (image/jpeg 0.06MB )

The leaders of Syria, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon met in Beirut Friday on ways to defuse tensions surrounding a possible indictment of Hezbollah members for... (image/jpeg 0.05MB )

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton marked the first anniversary of Iran's detention of three American hikers with a call on Tehran to "do the... (image/jpeg 0.02MB )

A United Nations panel of experts has urged Israel to end the extra-judicial killing of terror suspects, and to ensure civil and political freedoms for...

The international aid organization CARE is calling for a greater easing of the Israeli land blockade on Gaza.  Martha Myers, Country Director for CARE International... (image/jpeg 0.13MB )

A New Exhibit at Cairo's Opera House highlights the work of Egyptian Saad Romany Mikhaiel. The 52-year-old uses miniature pieces of glass, stone... (image/jpeg 0.07MB )

The U.N. refugee agency is denouncing Saudia Arabia's continued deportation of Somali refugees and asylum seekers to the conflict-stricken Somali capital, Mogadishu.  The agency says...

A tour bus crash in Jordan has killed six people and injured 28 others, including an Iraqi minister.

Security officials say the victims were...

Jordan's largest opposition group says it will boycott the country's November parliamentary elections.

The decision late Thursday deals a blow to polls the government...

A rocket attack is raising tensions on the Israeli border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

The Israeli military says Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket... (image/jpeg 0.07MB )

Iran's nuclear chief says his country is ready to enter negotiations with the United States, Russia and France on a possible nuclear fuel agreement.
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Syrian and Saudi leaders have arrived in Lebanon for a rare meeting aimed at defusing tensions about a possible Hezbollah indictment for the 2005 assassination... (image/jpeg 0.05MB )

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke with several key officials in the Middle East this week to press for direct Israeli-Palestinian talks.

Mr. Ban...

Last year, the US State Department made an unusual request to a social network. It asked Twitter to delay maintenance that might have... (image/jpeg 0.01MB )