Arab leaders give OK for direct Palestinian talks with Israel (29 Jul 2010)
Arab leaders gave the Palestinian Authority on Thursday the green light for direct talks with Israel, a move that prompted the Israeli prime minister to say his country is ready for the face-to-face talks as well.
Protests over Iran's holding of U.S. hikers begin Friday (29 Jul 2010)
A protest Friday afternoon outside Iran's U.N. mission in New York kicks off a weekend of events demanding the country release three American hikers it has held for one year.
Yemeni government says cease-fire remains in place (29 Jul 2010)
A spokesman for the government of Yemen said Thursday that a cease-fire remains in place, despite clashes earlier in the week with Houthi rebels as well as the capture of Yemeni soldiers.
Violence targeting Iraqi military kills at least 21 (29 Jul 2010)
Attacks on military posts and police stations in Iraq claimed at least 21 lives Thursday.
Police block Kurdish lawmakers from Turkish town (29 Jul 2010)
Armed police carrying riot shields blocked a convoy of Kurdish lawmakers from entering a district in southern Turkey. Local government officials say the decision was made to prevent clashes from erupting between Turkish and Kurdish nationalists.
'Mysterious incident' on board oil tanker under investigation (29 Jul 2010)
An alleged explosion Wednesday aboard an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz near Oman, was described Thursday as a "mysterious incident, whose causes are not yet known" by WAM, the United Arab Emirates' state-run news agency.
Shooting, blasts targeting police kill 6 in Iraq (29 Jul 2010)
Shooting and five roadside bomb explosions in northeast Baghdad Thursday killed six people, including three Iraqi soldiers, and injured 14 others, police officials said.
Islamic militants claim responsibility for suicide attack on network (29 Jul 2010)
Islamic militants with ties to al Qaeda claimed responsibility Thursday for this week's suicide attack on a television station in Iraq that killed at least six people and wounded 20 others.
How a boy's death brought a West Bank cinema back to life (29 Jul 2010)
A cinema in the West Bank city of Jenin will next week open for business for the first time in 23 years, following a remarkable chain of events that began with the death of a Palestinian boy.
August on Inside the Middle East (29 Jul 2010)
Iraqi kids find a musical escape
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