BEIJING (AFP) - China said Friday it opposed tough new sanctions imposed by the European Union on Iran over its contested nuclear programme, again calling for more talks to resolve the standoff.
LONDON (AFP) - Amnesty International on Friday called on Iranian authorities to release three young US nationals who have been detained without charge or trial for the past 12 months.
TRIPOLI (AFP) - A Libyan Jewish community leader who visited his birthplace for the first time since being forced to flee in 1967 said on Friday it felt like he was living a dream.
DOHA (AFP) - Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal slammed Arab leaders for endorsing the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, in comments published by Al-Jazeera on Friday.
NABLUS, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Palestinians and Israeli settlers clashed in the northern West Bank on Friday, throwing stones at each other and damaging property, witnesses and the army said.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israel is skeptical that a new round of sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program will be effective, but there is "still time" for them to work, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday.
GENEVA (AFP) - A UN panel of experts called Friday on Israel to fall in line with international norms on civil rights and to take action against targeted killings, torture and impunity for security forces.
GENEVA (AFP) - The UN refugee agency on Friday urged Saudi Arabia to stop sending Somali refugees and asylum seekers back to the war-ravaged Somali capital, Mogadishu.
AMMAN (AFP) - Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raed Fahmi was injured on Friday in a road accident in Jordan which killed six people including two Britons, police said.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States announced Thursday that top officials will fan out starting next week to China, the United Arab Emirates, and other key countries in support of tighter sanctions against Iran.
