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.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Egypt's government resisted U.S. efforts to promote democracy there, all but wasting more than $180 million in U.S. foreign aid, a U.S. government audit said.

SANAA, Yemen, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The chief mediator between the Yemeni government and al-Houthi rebels tops a list of blacklisted arms dealers, official reports claim.

JERUSALEM, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak urged Israel to resume peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, saying it will boost the confidence of the Arab world.

CAIRO, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Israel's intransigence on West Bank settlement expansion torpedoed a U.S. attempt to restart peace negotiations, a Palestinian leader said Saturday.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A prominent Israeli and a prominent Saudi focus fresh light on a final settlement between Arabs and Israelis.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A freeze on Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank won't be permanent, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he would leave for Egypt Sunday to meet with President Hosni Mubarak on the stalled Mideast peace process.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Amid the gathering storm over Iran's controversial nuclear ambitions, the race is on among Arab states to build nuclear power plants of their own, opening up immense trade opportunities for the industrialized world as well as the specter of proliferation.