Senior PA Official Declares Peace Process Dead

Citing the likely far-right nature of the next Israeli government, a senior Palestinian Authority official has declared the peace process between the two parties dead. The unnamed official declared that the next Israeli government would be "an extremist government...

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Mosul Police Attack US Soldiers, Killing One

The details of a 2 PM incident at a police station in the Iraqi city of Mosul remained elusive for several hours, with quotes from media outlets putting the number of soldiers killed at four (citing an unnamed official from the Iraqi Interior Ministry), while the US...

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Amnesty Calls for Arms Embargo on Israel, Hamas

Citing war crimes committed against civilians by both sides in last month's war in the Gaza Strip, Amnesty International urged in a report today that the international community impose an arms embargo on both the Israeli government and the Hamas government, as well as...

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Pakistani Taliban Declares Unilateral Bajaur Ceasefire

The Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has once again declared a unilateral ceasefire in the Bajaur Agency, with deputy chief Maulvi Faqir Mohammad saying it was "in the interest of Pakistan and our region." The TTP declared a unilateral ceasefire on August 24, and the...

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Pakistani Cleric Offers Plan for Swat Valley Peace

Sufi Muhammad, the influential cleric that is the head of the Tehreek-e Nafaz-e Shariat-e Mohammadi (TNSM) as well as a major force behind the Swat Valley truce, held a press conference today to outline a 10-point plan to ensure that the peace holds. Muhammad made...

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