WASHINGTON- US lawmakers have lifted a hold on nearly $200 million in aid to the Palestinians that had been suspended in response to the Palestinian bid for full UN membership, officials said...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, whose website was functioning, said that the outage was caused by a technical glitch rather than by hackers. "Israeli government websites crashed today...

VATICAN CITY- A young Ukrainian women's rights activist sneaked past security and partially stripped in front the Vatican's Saint-Peter Basilica just after the Pope's Sunday Angelus. The blonde...

DAMASCUS- The Syrian regime on Saturday released more than 550 people arrested during anti-regime protests, kicking off an Arab peace plan, even as activists said fresh clashes cost at least 10 more...

WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- Harmful carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels made their biggest ever annual jump in 2010, according to the US Department of Energy's latest world data released this...

SANAA- President Ali Abdullah Saleh made a fresh appeal Saturday for dialogue "for a peaceful transition according to the constitution", while accusing the opposition of blocking attempts to end the...

RIYADH- The annual hajj pilgrimage that draws millions of Muslim faithful to Mecca has gone hi-tech this year, with the Saudi authorities calling in latest electronic aides to help control the vast...

JERUSALEM, Hazel Ward- Two ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists intercepted by the Israeli navy while trying to run the blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip reached Ashdod port Friday night,...

WASHINGTON- YouTube and the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information are teaming up to provide a live-stream of the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. "Millions of people from around the world will...