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Israel’s first solar power station is up and running in the south desert Negev, which is expected to provide 220,000 shekels (about 61,452 U.S. dollars) of electricity a year to the national power grid.

The plant is built by Moshe Tenne on his Negev farm for 1.3 million shekels, local daily Ha’aretz reported Thursday.

Tenne inaugurated his 50-kilowatt solar array this week. It will provide two-thirds of the needs of his central Negev farm, a sophisticated dairy barn with 70 cows …

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Iranian Vice President Hujatul Islam Moh Jawab Haji Ali Akbari met with the leaders of Indonesian second biggest Muslim organization of Muhammadiyah Din Syamsuddin on Thursday.

During the meeting, both leaders shared the idea of how to bring progress on Islam.

Indonesia is the biggest Muslim country with over 87 percent of its over 230 million population Muslims. Muhammadiyah is a Muslim organization with more than 30 million followers nationwide.

Syamsuddin explained abo …

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Islamic Hamas movement Thursday said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was ready for dialogue but ruled out his readiness for reconciliation.

Abbas, who is the chief of the secular Fatah movement, Hamas’ bitter rival, “may send his deputies for dialogue but he lacks the serious intention for reconciliation,” said Mahmoud Zahar, a senior Hamas leader in Gaza.

Egypt works to host the Palestinian factions, specially the feuding Hamas and Fatah groups, to talk in Cairo as part of i …

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A Lebanese army helicopter from the army air force was subjected to fire on Thursday over the hills of Sojod in south Lebanon, one officer was killed and four others wounded among the crew, local LBC TV channel reported.

The report said that the helicopter was hit by unidentified gunmen over Sojod hills in South Lebanon, then it was forced to land in Arab Salim.

The incident took place at a village in Telal Sejoud area in south Lebanon, where lies some 20 kilometers north of the …

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Israeli army has arrested 17 Palestinians in the West Bank for the last two days, including a Fatah activist who was granted an amnesty, Palestinian sources said.

The arrest of Adham Labada, a fighter filleted with the armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement, took place on Wednesday’s noon when undercover forces infiltrated Nablus city, according to the sources.

Labada was one of dozens of activists, who belong to al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, that were gran …

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Two “Free Gaza and Liberty” boats carrying International pro-Palestinian activists will leave Gaza for Cyprus on Thursday, together with several stranded students and patients aboard.

Jamal al-Khodary, an independent Palestinian lawmaker who leads a lobby against the Israeli siege on Gaza, said the two boats will set off their voyage at 13:00 (1100 GMT) to Cyprus, and the conveyance of the stuck Palestinians will be arranged by the authorities there.

“The foreign activists’ sail …

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A Lebanese TV channel reported Thursday that gunfire attacked a Lebanese army helicopter while it flew over a village in south Lebanon.

The incident took place at a village in Telal Sejoud area in south Lebanon, which lies some 20 kilometers north of the Israeli border, LBC television reported.

There were casualties among the crew when the helicopter hit by the gunfire and made a forced landing, a Lebanese security source said.

The Lebanese army has been targeted recently …

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A three-year-old child was announced dead of cholera in the Maysan province in southern Iraq, raising fears of spreading the disease throughout the country, a provincial medical source said on Thursday.

“Sajjad Farhan Zeki, died on Wednesday in the town of al-Auzeir,70 km south of the provincial capital of Amara, by cholera disease,” Jamal al-Alawi, spokesman of Maysan health Directorate told Xinhua.

He said that Zeki was among 23 similar cases in the province that detected suff …

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday that France would assume its responsibilities in Afghanistan.

“A military withdrawal would be followed by the return of Taliban and al Qaeda, and without doubt the destabilization of neighboring Pakistan. It is not conceivable,” said Sarkozy in a speech before the annual conference of ambassadors in Paris.

“France, a permanent member of the Security Council, will should assume its responsibilities,” he added.

Earlier this …

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Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom (UK), the Duke of York, will visit Vietnam from Sept. 7-10, aimed at helping boost friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries, a spokesman for the foreign ministry announced Thursday.

The approaching visit is an opportunity for beefing up the fine friendship and cooperative ties, including those on economy, trade and investment between Vietnam and the United Kingdom, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung said at a regular press briefing. …

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