Netanyahu to Olmert: We need chief of staff who can face Iran Opposition Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu met Thursday afternoon with the prime minister and discussed the appointment of a new chief of staff with him.
Ahmadinejad: Iran 'ready for anything' in nuclear standoff Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Iran was prepared for any possibility in the standoff with the West.
Livni, in Japan, says Iran poses a threat to the entire Middle East Iran poses a threat to all countries in the Middle East, not just Israel.
Iraqi PM seeks US weapons boost Iraq's need for US troops could fall in three to six months if the US supplied more weapons to the Iraqi security forces, PM Nouri Maliki has said.
Australian cleric urges martyrdom A radical Australian cleric drew widespread condemnation Thursday over videos in which he encourages children to become martyrs for Islam and ridicules Jews as pigs.
Climate resets 'Doomsday Clock' Experts assessing the dangers posed to civilization have added climate change to the prospect of nuclear annihilation as the greatest threats to humankind.
Analysis: Bush's 'surge' on Iraq's oil It is unknown if US President George W. Bush's last-ditch effort to turn around the downward spiral that is today's Iraq will have any affect on its struggling oil sector.
No big debates or referendums on EU constitution, says Merkel erman chancellor Angela Merkel has told MEPs she does not intend to re-launch a broad debate on the revised EU constitution.
Why the orchestrated fuss? The Arabic word for whore - sharmuta - has gained international notoriety. CNN, ABC and the BBC, among many others, have featured Hebron resident Yifat Alkobi yelling it at her Arab neighbor.