International Business News - Mideast/Africa http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/meafrica.rss All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 120 30 http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/meafrica.rss http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif More than 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded during a search Friday for two missing U.S. paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/least-25-hurt-ins-troop-search-afghanistan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/least-25-hurt-ins-troop-search-afghanistan.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:25:13 EST Two Iranian businessmen working at a Dubai-based firm were linked to video surveillance devices sold to Sudan and used in unmanned drones in Darfur in violation of a U.N. arms embargo, a U.N. report said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/iranians-linked-banned-drone-videos-darfurn.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/iranians-linked-banned-drone-videos-darfurn.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:34:32 EST There were no bids by younger Palestinian leaders on Friday to step into the shoes of President Mahmoud Abbas, who says he does not want to run for re-election in January. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/no-takers-abbas-palestinian-presidency.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223662-no-takers-for-abbas-palestinian-presidency.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/no-takers-abbas-palestinian-presidency.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/no-takers-abbas-palestinian-presidency.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:14:42 EST Israel on Friday rejected a U.N. General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into a report saying war crimes were committed in Gaza, and condemned the world body vote as "completely detached from realities." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/israel-rejectsn-assembly-vote-on-gaza-war.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/israel-rejectsn-assembly-vote-on-gaza-war.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:30:31 EST Zimbabwe's government has proposed that "indigenous Zimbabweans" take 51 percent ownership of all foreign companies, including mines and banks, according to a draft law seen by Reuters Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/zimbabwe-proposes-local-ownership-foreign-firms.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223637-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/zimbabwe-proposes-local-ownership-foreign-firms.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/zimbabwe-proposes-local-ownership-foreign-firms.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:25:26 EST The U.N. nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting the Islamic Republic's scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian reported in its Friday edition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/iran-tested-advanced-nuclear-warhead-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223635-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/iran-tested-advanced-nuclear-warhead-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/iran-tested-advanced-nuclear-warhead-report.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:18:10 EST Pakistani soldiers entered the Taliban headquarters in South Waziristan on Friday, the military said, as gunmen wounded an army brigadier and his driver in a drive-by shooting in the capital. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/pakistani-forces-enter-taliban-headquarters.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223632-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/pakistani-forces-enter-taliban-headquarters.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091106/pakistani-forces-enter-taliban-headquarters.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:07:51 EST The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday urging Israel and the Palestinians to investigate war crimes charges leveled in a controversial U.N. report on the Gaza war. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/uassembly-votes-probes-gaza-war-charges.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223612-uassembly-votes-for-probes-of-gaza-war-charges.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/uassembly-votes-probes-gaza-war-charges.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/uassembly-votes-probes-gaza-war-charges.htm Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:41:57 EST Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he did not wish to run for re-election in January, voicing disappointment at Washington for "favoring" Israel in arguments over re-launching peace talks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/abbas-offers-quit-over-stalled-peace-process.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223610-abbas-offers-to-quit-over-stalled-peace-process.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/abbas-offers-quit-over-stalled-peace-process.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/abbas-offers-quit-over-stalled-peace-process.htm Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:27:06 EST U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said a draft nuclear cooperation deal between Iran and three major powers will not be changed and urged Iran to accept it as is. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/utells-iran-nuclear-deal-offer-wont-be-changed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223606-utells-iran-nuclear-deal-offer-wont-be-changed.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/utells-iran-nuclear-deal-offer-wont-be-changed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/utells-iran-nuclear-deal-offer-wont-be-changed.htm Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:19:36 EST U.N. inspectors found "nothing to be worried about" in a first look at a previously secret uranium enrichment site in Iran last month, the International Atomic Energy chief said in remarks published Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/iaea-found-nothing-serious-iran-site-elbaradei.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223555-iaea-found-nothing-serious-at-iran-site-elbaradei.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/iaea-found-nothing-serious-iran-site-elbaradei.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/iaea-found-nothing-serious-iran-site-elbaradei.htm Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:55:15 EST Pakistani soldiers secured a fort captured from militants in the northwest of the country on Thursday and consolidated their positions on peaks around another insurgent base, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/pakistani-forces-secure-forts-drone-kills-four.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223553-pakistani-forces-secure-forts-drone-kills-four.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/pakistani-forces-secure-forts-drone-kills-four.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/pakistani-forces-secure-forts-drone-kills-four.htm Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:52:27 EST Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he would not seek re-election in a vote planned for January, citing stalemate in peace talks with Israel, but Palestinian officials urged him to change his mind http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/abbas-says-will-not-seek-reelection-officials.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223524-abbas-says-will-not-seek-reelection-officials.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/abbas-says-will-not-seek-reelection-officials.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/abbas-says-will-not-seek-reelection-officials.htm Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:08:19 EST The United Nations said on Thursday it would evacuate hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan for several weeks due to deteriorating security, a sharp blow for Western efforts to stabilize the country. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/upulls-out-foreign-staff-from-afghanistan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223523-upulls-out-foreign-staff-from-afghanistan.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/upulls-out-foreign-staff-from-afghanistan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091105/upulls-out-foreign-staff-from-afghanistan.htm Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:05:24 EST Israeli naval commandos seized a ship carrying hundreds of tons of Iranian-supplied arms, including rockets that can hit Israeli cities, to Lebanon's Hezbollah group, Israeli officials said on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/israel-says-seized-big-hezbollah-bound-arms-ship.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223465-israel-says-seized-big-hezbollah-bound-arms-ship.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/israel-says-seized-big-hezbollah-bound-arms-ship.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/israel-says-seized-big-hezbollah-bound-arms-ship.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:19:24 EST Iranian security forces clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy turned violent http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/what-may-be-future-reform-movement-iran.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/what-may-be-future-reform-movement-iran.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:51:44 EST Israeli naval commandos have boarded a ship carrying Iranian-supplied rockets destined for Lebanon's Hezbollah group and taken the vessel to an Israeli port, the government said on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/israeli-navy-intercepts-arms-ship-military.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223442-israeli-navy-intercepts-arms-ship-military.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/israeli-navy-intercepts-arms-ship-military.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/israeli-navy-intercepts-arms-ship-military.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:54:42 EST Police clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy turned violent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/mousavi-supporters-clash-with-police-tehran.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223434-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/mousavi-supporters-clash-with-police-tehran.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/mousavi-supporters-clash-with-police-tehran.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:35:43 EST Technocrats and some existing ministers will be included among Afghan President Hamid Karzai's new government within the next three weeks, a spokesman said on Wednesday, but his main rival ruled out taking any part. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/abdullah-rules-out-joining-afghan-government.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223433-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/abdullah-rules-out-joining-afghan-government.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/abdullah-rules-out-joining-afghan-government.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:28:50 EST Iran wants more talks on a U.N.-drafted nuclear deal because it needs guarantees it will receive reactor fuel, a senior official said Monday, adding to doubts that a standoff with big powers can be ended soon. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091102/iran-wants-nuclear-fuel-talks.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223350-iran-wants-new-nuclear-fuel-talks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091102/iran-wants-nuclear-fuel-talks.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091102/iran-wants-nuclear-fuel-talks.htm Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:23:27 EST