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Israel - settlement expansion

Palestinian women watch the demolition of a house in the Arab neighbourhood of Isawiyeh in east Jerusalem November 18, 2009.Photo: Reuters/Ammar Awad

EU attacks Israel's expansion plans

The European Union Presidency on Wednesday criticised Israel's plans to expand settlements in East Jerusalem. The same day, Israeli bulldozers demolished Palestinian-owned houses in the Arab neighbourhood.

2009-11-18 17:43 TU

Middle East/EU

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt in Brussels, 16 November 2009(Photo: Thierry Roge/Reuters)

Premature to recognise a Palestinian state, says EU

The European Union’s presidency has called a planned Palestinian request for recognition as an independent state by the UN Security Council as a premature move. The Foreign Minister of Sweden, which holds the EU’s rotating presidency, suggested Thursday that there could be other moves.

2009-11-17 10:02 TU

Iran - nuclear

Iran rejects enrichment deal according to French Foreign Minister

Iran has effectively rejected a deal brokered by the UN nuclear watchdog intended to deal with concerns over uranium enrichment. On Sunday French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said, “it isn’t good, and it is very dangerous”.

2009-11-16 17:08 TU

Middle east

Palestinians to ask UN to recognise independent state

The Palestinians will ask the UN Security Council to recognise an independent state with Jerusalem as the capital and borders defined in June 1967. Israel has warned against unilateral steps.

2009-11-16 17:09 TU

Q&A: Correspondent Mark Lavie

Iran - Radio France International

RFI calls for immediate release of correspondent in Teheran

The management at Radio France Internationale has called for the immediate release of Fariba Pajooh who is being held in Teheran's in Evin prison accused of alleged propaganda against the Iranian Republiic. Pajooh was arrested at her home in the capital on 22 August and her computer was confiscated by the authorities.

2009-11-16 11:24 TU

Afghanistan - report

Afghans resigned to country's fate

A teenage boy sands a door frame in the sun as cars and lorries roar past a carpentry shop in Kabul’s Yakatoot district. The area, a busy but not very wealthy collection of homes and small workplaces along the road to Jalalabad, is predominantly Pashtoon, Afghanistan’s majority ethnic group. President Hamid Karzai is a Pashtoon, as are the majority of his armed opponents, the Taliban.

2009-11-18 12:54 TU

France/Israel - Netenyahu talks with Sarkozy

Netanyahu in Paris for Sarkozy talks

2009-11-11 14:40 TU

Lebanon - new government

Prime Minister forms unity cabinet with Hezbollah

2009-11-10 17:20 TU

Israel/US - Netanyahu in Washington

Mr Netanyahu goes to Washington

2009-11-09 19:08 TU

Iran - Nuclear deal

UN-brokered nuclear deal to be rejected

2009-11-08 16:47 TU

Israel/Gaza - Goldstone report

Israel rejects UN resolution on Goldstone report

2009-11-06 11:24 TU

Middle East - PLO

Abbas not to seek re-election

2009-11-05 16:25 TU

US/ Middle East - Clinton tour

Clinton meets Mubarak over Israel comments

2009-11-04 13:17 TU

Kuwait/France/US - arms deals

Kuwaiti MPs open probe into Western arms deals

2009-11-03 19:04 TU

Israel/Palestine/US

US backs down from demand to freeze settlement construction

2009-11-02 10:35 TU

Iraq

Multiple bombs explode across Iraq

2009-11-01 14:00 TU

Israel / Palestine - Clinton tour

Abbas rejects peace talks without settlement freeze

2009-10-31 16:54 TU

Iraq - bombings

Police arrested in Baghdad blasts probe

2009-10-29 13:22 TU

Iran - nuclear

Ahmadinejad welcomes nuclear exchange deal

2009-10-29 10:19 TU

Middle East - Hamas - elections

Hamas to ban elections in Gaza

2009-10-28 13:55 TU

Middle East

Israel accused of denying Palestinians water

2009-10-27 16:30 TU

Iran/Turkey

Erdogan accuses Security Council of hypocrisy over Iran

2009-10-27 10:48 TU

Iraq - bombings

Double car-bombs kills 99

2009-10-26 10:11 TU

Middle East - Palestinian election

Abbas should stand trial for election call, says Hamas

2009-10-24 11:24 TU

Your comments, right to reply and news about RFI

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2009-10-23 14:02 TU

Israel/Iran - nuclear talks

Iran denies secretly meeting Israel for nuclear talks

2009-10-22 12:20 TU

France/UK/Afghanistan/Iraq - Asylum

Three failed asylum seekers forcibly deported

2009-10-22 10:08 TU

Afghanistan/France

Second round of voting possible after fraud report publishes findings

2009-10-19 14:45 TU

Iran - Baluchestan suicide attack

Sunni group claims Revolutionary Guards killings, says Iran TV

2009-10-18 14:10 TU

Gold-leafed Korans, gems, carpets and calligraphy in historic Paris show

2009-10-19 11:01 TU

Israel/Gaza – Goldstone report

UN body endorses report accusing Israel of war crimes

2009-10-17 08:04 TU

Iraq

Twelve killed in mosque blast

2009-10-16 13:10 TU

Yemen - unrest

Rebels willing to open humanitarian corridors

2009-10-15 13:24 TU

Middle East - Goldstone Report - UN

UN Human Rights Council hears opposing opinions on Goldstone Report

2009-10-15 17:46 TU

H1N1 swine flu pandemic

Seasonal flu more deadly than swine flu, says expert

2009-10-14 14:10 TU

France/Russia - Nuclear waste

French government demands to know about EDF nuclear dumps in Russia

2009-10-14 08:25 TU

US/China/Iran/North Korea - nuclear talks

America bids for Chinese help with Iran

2009-10-14 08:32 TU

Israel/Gaza - Goldstone Report

Netanyahu rules out war crimes prosecutions of Israeli soldiers

2009-10-13 08:42 TU

Environment

China, Japan and South Korea say they will make Copenhagen a success

2009-10-10 14:05 TU

Nobel Peace Prize

Mixed reactions to Obama Peace Prize win

2009-10-09 13:01 TU

Veolia and the Jerusalem Metro

2009-10-12 17:28 TU

Focus on France 8 October 2009

Gul tries to win French hearts and minds on Paris trip

2009-10-08 15:41 TU

UN/Middle East - Goldstone report

Bid for special Gaza report debate fails

2009-10-08 14:14 TU

Libya - Middle East UN investigation

Libya calls for emergency meeting on UN Gaza report

2009-10-08 09:27 TU

Yemen - independence

Thousands demand southern Yemeni independence

2009-10-07 13:01 TU

Iran - nuclear talks

UN inspectors to visit Iran uranium enrichment plant

2009-10-04 10:30 TU

Experimental music in medieval cloisters

2009-10-02 14:21 TU

Middle East - prisoners freed

France wants Shalit freed after Israel releases Palestinians

2009-10-02 12:17 TU

Iran - nuclear talks

France to push for December deadline on Iran

2009-10-01 13:06 TU

Iran - missiles fired

Iran test-fires missiles

2009-09-27 14:38 TU

G20 - summit summary

Summit promises growth, as thousands demonstrate

2009-09-26 11:17 TU

Middle East

Olmert in court on corruption charge

2009-09-25 11:31 TU

US/Middle East

Netanyahu Abbas shake hands ... but that's all

2009-09-23 09:01 TU

Middle East - Uri Avnery interview

Obama trilateral meeting a summit for nothing, says peace activist

2009-09-20 12:55 TU

Headlines

Nigeria/EU

Europe gives Nigeria €677m to promote peace

2009-11-20 16:48 TU

EU - presidency

Van Rompuy becomes first president of Europe

2009-11-20 07:09 TU

Russia - religious killing

Orthodox priest who criticised Islam is slain

2009-11-20 14:53 TU

Sport - Africa Cup of Nations

Draw pits Ghana against Ivory Coast

2009-11-20 16:51 TU

Pakistan - UN bomber arrest

Police arrest suspected UN bomber

2009-11-20 11:41 TU

Afghanistan - suicide bomb

Suicide bomber kills 15 in Farah

2009-11-20 12:08 TU

France/Ireland - World Cup play-offs

French minister calls for Ireland rematch but FIFA says Non

2009-11-20 14:01 TU

France/Ireland - World Cup play-offs

Henry says fairest solution to handball row is a replay

2009-11-20 14:30 TU

France/Nepal - animal rights

Bardot plea for an end to animal slaughter in Nepal

2009-11-20 09:02 TU

France - fashion

South Korean supermodel found dead in Paris flat

2009-11-20 12:53 TU

Somalia - RFI

Mogadishu correspondent survives shooting

2009-11-19 17:39 TU

South Sudan / RFI

RFI opens new FM in Juba

2009-11-19 17:00 TU

...and earlier

France - AZF trial

Total and AZF boss off the hook for factory explosion

2009-11-19 17:08 TU

Bangladesh - coup verdict, 34 years on

Court rules killers of founding father Mujib will hang

2009-11-19 08:38 TU

Pakistan - suicide bomb

Bomber kills at least 19 outside courthouse

2009-11-19 12:18 TU

Afghanistan - Karzai sworn in - analysis

Afghans and Western leaders wary of Karzai anti-corruption pledges

2009-11-19 15:15 TU

Afghanistan - unrest

Ten killed in suicide blast during Karzai inauguration

2009-11-19 13:34 TU

US/Koreas - nuclear talks revival

Obama envoy to visit North Korea in December

2009-11-19 07:26 TU

Iran - nuclear rift

UN to inspect nuclear site after Iran rejects fuel deal

2009-11-19 10:05 TU

Economy - OECD predictions

Economies grow, debt spending must end by 2010, says OECD

2009-11-19 11:28 TU