MADRID, Oct 5 (Saba) -- Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega called on Tuesday at easing tensions between Venezuela and Spain after the statement of two members of Basque separatist group ETA saying they had received weapons tra

LONDON, Oct 5 (Saba) -- Extradition to the US for a suspected Al Qaida terrorist would breach his human rights and amount to an "abuse of process", his lawyer told a court Tuesday, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).

WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Saba) -- US Defense Department affirmed on Tuesday that the closing of a key border crossing on the Afghan-Pakistani border will not affect military relations between Washington and Islamabad, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia, May 30 (Saba) -- Iran is ready to restart its negotiations with the European Union (EU) over its nuclear enrichment program, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Tuesday, according to Xinhua.

TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (Saba) -- Iranian lawmakers strongly condemned the fresh U.S. sanctions on eight senior Iranian officials and vowed to retaliate, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Sunday, according to Xinhua.

GAZA, Oct. 4 (Saba) -- A high-ranking Islamic Hamas movement official on Monday urged the Arab League following up committee, scheduled to meet in Libya on Friday to call for stopping the direct peace talks with Israel, according to Xinhua.

Seoul, October 04 (Saba) - South Korean Former Gyeonggi Province Governor Sohn Hak-kyu has been elected as new leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA).

Brasilia, October 04 (Saba) - Brazil's presidential election will go to a second round after Dilma Rousseff failed to gain the 50% of votes needed for an outright victory, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA).

Cairo, October 04 (Saba) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Cairo from Amman, Jordan, on Monday for a visit to Egypt and talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA).

TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (Saba) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday renewed a call for a probe into the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, the local satellite Press TV reported, according to Xinhua.

KHARTOUM, Oct. 3 (Saba) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Sunday that he would not expel any southern Sudanese citizens from northern Sudan if southerners opted for separation in the forthcoming referendum scheduled on Jan. 9, 2011, according to X

WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Saba) -- The U.S. State Department alerted here Sunday its citizens to the "potential for terrorist attacks in Europe," urging them to take "every precaution." The Department said in its Travel Alert that "current information suggests t

Ramallah, October 03 (Saba) - The Palestinian leadership admitted that the U.S. efforts to save the peace process have reached an impasse, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA).

New York, October 03 (Saba) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has held talks by telephone with key figures in the Middle East on the peace process, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA).

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 2 (Saba) -- UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon has voiced his hope that Israel would extend the freeze on the settlement construction, which lasted for 10 months before expiring on Sept. 26, in order to pave the way for successful Isra

GAZA, Oct 2 (Saba) -- US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell plans another tour for several Middle East countries early next week in a renewed effort to push forward the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, Israeli media report

Rome, October 02 (Saba)- Italy's foreign minister has backed Turkey's European Union (EU) full membership, and evaded intermediary formulas. In an exclusive interview with Dossier Lazio, the politics and economy magazine of Il Giornale newspaper, Frattini

Washington, October 02 (Saba) - The United States revealed on Friday that the government conducted medical experiments in the 1940s in which doctors infected soldiers, prisoners and mental patients in Guatemala with syphilis and other sexually transmitted

TEHRAN, Oct 2 (Saba) -- Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed hope Saturday that neighboring Iraq overcome obstacles and form its government, calling on all Iraqi blocs to cooperate and unite to rebuild their country and end suffering of

DOHA, Oct. 02 (Saba) –The Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced the Arab Film Competition, the first 30 titles in the World Panorama section, the Arab Short Film Competition and a Special Screening for the 2nd annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF).