Spotty Internet service continued to plague the Middle East as it began its work week Sunday, with service providers rerouting data detoured by severed underwater cables. Visit this link to read more: Internet service still spotty in parts of Mideast

Internet services in parts of the Middle East and South Asia have been disrupted due to damages to Mediterranean submarine cables. Visit this link to read more: Mideast Internet cables damaged, again

Internet users across the Middle East continue to have slow, unreliable connections after three main cables are severed. Visit this link to read more: Internet speed slows after cables cut

WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush has said that the Middle East peace talks are a hard but "irreversible" process as he met Palestinian leader M Visit this link to read more: Mideast peace process ‘irreversible’: Bush

Undersea internet and phone cables from Europe to the Middle East are severed, raising fears of major economic repercussions. Visit this link to read more: Severed cable disrupts net access

US President George W. Bush said Friday that the Middle East peace talks are a hard but "irreversible" process as he met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas one month before he leaves the White House. Speaking beside the US leader, Abbas said Palestinians are "practically committed" to talks launched by Bush a year ago. Visit this link to read more: Bush tells Abbas peace process 'irreversible'

Disruption of internet connection between Europe, the Middle East and Asia, because of three damaged undersea cables, might take until Dec 31 to get fixed. Visit this link to read more: Broken cables affect 33 countries

Hoping to allay conflict-of-interest concerns as his wife prepares to become Secretary of State, former President Bill Clinton on Thursday released a donor list that shows he has raised as much as $131 million (Dh481 million) from foreign governments - including Middle East and Europe - for the William J. Clinton Foundation. Visit this link to read more: Clinton charity releases donors list

Three out of four submarine data cables linking Europe and the Middle East have reportedly been severed. Visit this link to read more: Severed cable disrupts web access

Deputy Head of Russian Federal Organization for Military and Technical Cooperation Alexander Foumin underlined in Moscow on Wednesday Russia's intention to expand joint cooperation with Iran and said such cooperation would have a positive affect on stability in the Middle East region. Visit this link to read more: Iran-Russia joint cooperation benefits regional stability

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd visited troops supporting Iraqi operations at a secret base in the Middle East a day after a flying visit Visit this link to read more: Australian PM visits troops in Gulf

The Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE) said despite mass layoffs and job slowdowns across the world due to the financial crunch, there are almost half a million open job positions, mostly from Middle East countries such as the UAE. Visit this link to read more: 450,000 jobs still available for Filipinos despite slowdown

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday night that no power is capable of threatening Iran as the country is currently the greatest power in the Middle East region. According to IRIB World Service, the president addressing a meeting of local clerics in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, before ending his provincial tour hours later said: Today, the world has accepted Iran as a major power. Visit this link to read more: President Says Iran Major Regional Power

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left for Washington on Wednesday to rally support for the Middle East peace process ahead of an Israeli election that could see the return of ultra-hawk ex-Premier Benjamin Netanyahu. Abbas, who is to hold talks with President George W. Bush on Friday. Visit this link to read more: Abbas heads for Washington with plea for support of peace

Lebanon has not done enough in 2008 to address the plight of its population of female migrant workers and falls "far behind" the efforts of other Middle Eastern countries, rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. "Lebanon lags far behind almost every country in the region when it comes to protecting migrant women's rights," said Nisha Varia. Visit this link to read more: Lebanon 'far behind' in protecting migrant workers

A senior Russian official says military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran will continue to ensure stability in the Middle East. Visit this link to read more: Russia justifies arms sales to Iran

The UN Security Council on Tuesday adopted a US-Russian draft resolution meant to give a new impetus to the US-sponsored Middle East peace process as elections loom for both Israelis and Palestinians. Resolution 1850, the first of its kind adopted by the 15-member council in five years, received 14 votes in favor. Libya, the lone Arab member of the council, abstained. Visit this link to read more: Security Council urges Palestinians, Israelis to press search for peace

Iran's Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, has described the throwing of a pair of boots at the outgoing US President, George W. Bush, as the manifest of the Middle East's assessment concerning his 8 years of blundering presidency. Visit this link to read more: Mottaki Comments on Iraqi Journalist Incident

Decision-makers gather at UN headquarters to adopt a draft resolution reaffirming support for the Middle East peace process in advance of administration changes in the United States and Israel. Visit this link to read more: Security Council reaffirms peace plan

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees has launched an initiative to combat violence in its schools in Lebanon and elsewhere across the Middle East by teaching children tolerance and conflict resolution, but teachers and refugees doubt the scheme will work in the poverty-stricken camps. Visit this link to read more: UNRWA takes aim at violence in refugee schools

The UN Security Council passes its first resolution on the Middle East for five years, in a bid to boost the peace process. Visit this link to read more: UN adopts Middle East resolution

Iran has warned against the spread of extremist policies in the Middle East, suggesting that the US is provoking violence and aggression. Visit this link to read more: Iran wary of 'extremist' policies

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown threw his weight Monday behind an Arab League appeal to US President-elect Barack Obama to give added urgency to the Middle East process. Speaking after talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad - and before talks with Israel's interim Premier Ehud Olmert on Tuesday. Visit this link to read more: Brown backs Arab League's renewed appeal for peace

"The key is that the parties need to focus on -- and I think, we are focusing on -- both bringing the perpetrators to justice and prevention of any following on attacks," the top US diplomat told media persons after a meeting of the Middle East Quartet at the UN headquarters on Monday. Visit this link to read more: US calls for peace between India, Pakistan

As the Bush administration enters its final weeks, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was due in New York on Monday in a bid to keep Middle East peace talks on track and turn up the heat on Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. During talks at the United Nations, Rice will also discuss how to tackle a surge in piracy off Somalia's coast. Visit this link to read more: Rice faces full plate of thorny issues in talks at UN

The diplomatic Middle East Quartet kicked off talks on Monday on the eve of a Security Council ministerial session. Visit this link to read more: Mideast Quartet kicks off United Nations meet

Comment:It is an incident that historians will probably come to see as symbolic of the George W Bush years, and in particular the way in which his Middle East policies were viewed in the region. Visit this link to read more: Action that spoke louder than words

Egypt has accused the Islamic Republic of attempting to dominate the Middle East as verbal attacks between the two countries intensify. Visit this link to read more: Egypt ups blame game by chastising Iran

A reporter who threw his shoes at President George W Bush was being held for questioning by the Iraqi prime minister's guards an Iraqi official said Monday as Arabs across the Middle East hailed the incident as a proper sendoff to the unpopular US president. Visit this link to read more: 'Shoethrowing Iraqi journalist' in custody

Former US president Jimmy Carter on his Middle East tour meets Hamas' exiled leader Khaled Mashaal for the second time this year. Visit this link to read more: Carter meets Hamas' Khaled Mashaal