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Obama, Netanyahu to meet as U.S. peace bid flounders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Palestinians on Monday to resume negotiations with Israel, issuing the call before a meeting with President Barack Obama on the stalled Middle East peace process. Full Article
Lebanon's Hariri forms unity government with Hezbollah
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri formed a new unity government on Monday that includes two ministers from Syrian- and Iranian-backed Hezbollah. Full Article
Iran charges three detained Americans with spying
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has charged three detained U.S. citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted a prosecutor as saying on Monday, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there was no evidence to back the charges. Full Article
Clinton urges Iran to accept U.N. nuclear offer
BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged Iran to accept a U.N.-drafted proposal to have uranium for a medical reactor enriched abroad. Full Article
U.S. says can give Iran time to okay nuclear deal
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States is willing to give Iran time to decide whether to accept a U.N.-brokered deal meant to allay suspicions it is after atomic bombs but which has drawn Iranian objections, a U.S. diplomat said on Monday. Full Article
Karzai seeks closer trade ties with Muslim nations
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai, re-elected a week ago after a flawed vote, appealed Monday for closer trade ties with fellow Muslim countries to help Afghanistan break its cycle of conflict. Full Article
Netanyahu's Washington trip clouded by Abbas threat
TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington on Sunday with the U.S. Middle East peace drive in crisis over a threat by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stand down. Full Article
Iran's Karoubi attacks Ahmadinejad on U.S. policy
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi, whose supporters clashed with police in a rally last week, accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday of double standards in his U.S. policy. Full Article
Sudan's Bashir to miss OIC summit after EU objected
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir pulled out of an Islamic summit in Istanbul on Sunday -- a trip that the European Union had objected to because of his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Full Article
Israeli lawmaker floats idea of talks with Hamas
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior opposition leader in Israel unveiled a peace plan Sunday that held out the possibility of negotiations with Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group in control of the Gaza Strip. Full Article
