Tag: Middle East

Israeli Medical Association president Dr. Leonid Eidelman speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Ramat Gan, Israel, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Dr. Eidelman says in an interview that doctors "will absolutely refuse to cooperate'' if parliament passes legislation permitting the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strike. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

AP Interview: Israel doctors against force-feeding

Karin Laub · June 20, 2014 1:40 pm

FILE - This undated file film image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Avraham Shalom in a scene from the Oscar-nominated documentary, "The Gatekeepers," about former heads of the Israeli security agency, Shin Bet. Shalom, a former director of Israel's Shin Bet security service who led the agency through some of its greatest achievements before resigning in disgrace, died in Tel Aviv on Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, File)

Former Israeli security director dies at 86

Yousur Alhlou · June 19, 2014 7:46 pm

Israeli soldiers search for three missing Israeli teens believed to have been abducted in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Since the operation to locate the teens began a week ago, about 280 Palestinians have been arrested, the military said, including 200 members of Hamas. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Palestinians, Israeli troops clash in teens search

Ian Deitch · June 19, 2014 5:25 pm

Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Basra, Iraq, Monday. (AP/Nabil Al-Jurani)

Slaughter in Iraq — George W. Bush’s fault?

Larry Elder · June 19, 2014 2:52 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 18, 2014, file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry gives the keynote address at the 2014 World Food Prize Laureate Announcement Ceremony, at the State Department in Washington. Kerry brushed aside criticism of Obama administration Middle East policy Thursday, June 19, 2014, taking exception to assertions Washington has been too passive in the face of surging terrorism in the region. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Kerry denies Obama has been too passive in Iraq

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2014 12:44 pm

Outside view of the UN building where closed-door nuclear talks take place photographed in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

National Security

Deadlock continues at Iran-6-power nuclear talks

George Jahn · June 19, 2014 12:22 pm

President Barack Obama meets with, from left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Obama briefed leaders of Congress on US options for blunting an Islamic insurgency in Iraq. US officials say Obama is not yet prepared to move forward with strikes and is instead focused on increased training for Iraq's security forces, boosting Iraqi intelligence capacities and upgrading equipment. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

GOP leader: Obama may act in Iraq without signoff

JULIE PACEDONNA CASSATA · June 19, 2014 12:10 am

Gulf nations struggle with Iraq militant blowback

AYA BATRAWYMATTHEW LEE · June 18, 2014 10:11 pm

Israeli soldiers patrol during a search for three missing Israeli teenagers in the village of Taffouh near the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Israeli security forces searched the West Bank, looking for three missing teenagers, including an American, who they fear have been abducted by Palestinian militants. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian leader defends cooperation with Israel

JOSEF FEDERMANKARIN LAUB · June 18, 2014 7:27 pm

Shiite tribal fighters carry a poster of Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, as they raise their weapons chanting slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city. (AP/Nabil Al-Jurani)

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s media foray

Austin Bay · June 18, 2014 2:41 pm

In this Sunday, June 15, 2014 photo, laborers descend in a lift as they start their midday break at the Dragon Mart Phase 2 construction site in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A midday work ban goes into effect across the United Arab Emirates for construction workers and outdoor laborers, on Sunday, to protect them from the risks of direct sunlight and extremely high temperatures during the hottest summer months. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Midday work ban puts focus on Gulf labor rights

Aya Batrawy · June 18, 2014 2:05 pm

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 17, 2014, after a Democratic caucus. President Barack Obama will meet with Congressional leaders at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the turmoil in Iraq. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

US focus shifts away from airstrikes in Iraq

Julie Pace · June 18, 2014 3:50 am