CAIRO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu Gheit said only a U.N.-backed resolution calling for a total Israeli settlement freeze will allow peace talks to resume.

CAIRO, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The chairman of the military committee of NATO wrapped up his visit to Egypt and Jordan to discuss bilateral cooperation for regional security.

CAIRO, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The United States is committed to reviving Middle East peace talks and opposed to Israeli settlement construction, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

The U.N. General Assembly scheduled debate on the Goldstone Report, a document that faults both Israel and Hamas in Israel's military action on the Gaza Strip.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Going by the Pakistani military's latest announcement, its air-and-ground assault "Operation Rah-i-Nijat" (path to deliverance) in South Waziristan is going quite well with the terror groups on the run, but refugees from the area tell a different story even as the recent wave of deadly, indiscriminate terror mayhem across the nation seems only to be intensifying.

TEHRAN, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- International leaders urged Iran to respond quickly to a uranium enrichment proposal after the International Atomic Energy Agency extended a deadline again.

YANGON, Myanmar, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Two senior U.S. officials arrived in Myanmar Tuesday under Washington's new policy of engaging with that country's military leaders.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's rival Sunday withdrew from the Nov. 7 runoff election, saying the runoff would be as fraudulent as the first round of voting.

JERUSALEM, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Israel is willing to engage in peace talks with the Palestinians immediately but with no preconditions, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Saturday night.