HAVANA- Cuban dance legend Alicia Alonso has invited US President Barack Obama and his family to attend an international ballet festival on the island, under US economic embargo for almost five...

JERUSALEM, Majeda El Batsh - Clashes erupted in Jerusalem on Wednesday after a Jewish settlement guard shot dead a Palestinian, who police say was part of a crowd who ambushed him in the annexed Arab...

UNITED NATIONS- The world sponsors of the Middle East peace process on Tuesday urged Israel to extend a construction halt in West Bank settlements to support recently renewed peace talks. "The...

DUBAI, Acil Tabbara - Distrust is rising in the Gulf as Sunni-ruled monarchies impose a raft of constraints on the region's Shiites in a bid to halt the rise of an Iranian "fifth column", analysts...

CAIRO, Christophe de Roquefeuil - As world experts grapple with ways to contain global warming, researchers gathered in Egypt are seeking answers from the country's pharaonic past to help tackle...

HELSINKI- A simple genetic test can help predict whether psychopaths convicted of violent crimes are prone to be repeat offenders, a Finnish researcher said Tuesday. "It has long been known that...

BAGHDAD - Iraq has recovered more than 600 historical artefacts that had been stolen and then recovered but mistakenly stored in a warehouse in the country for around two years, a minister said on...

JERUSALEM, Hazel Ward- Top Israeli and Palestinian officials headed Sunday for the United States where they are expected to seek ways to break a deadlock over settlements which is threatening to...

LONDON- A television crew filmed a "lost" population of tigers living at a higher altitude than any others known, raising hopes of linking isolated groups of the big cats across Asia, the BBC said...