TEL AVIV- Music maestro Zubin Mehta will direct the Israel Philharmonic at a concert on Monday within rocket range of Gaza in support of captive soldier Gilad Shalit, held in the Hamas-ruled enclave...

BAGHDAD, Arthur MacMillan- US Vice President Joe Biden said on a surprise visit to Baghdad on Saturday he was optimistic Iraqi politicians could end the squabbles that have deadlocked the...

WASHINGTON- Explorers the world over have long sought the fountain of youth, but now researchers claim they have hit upon something tangible: genetic sequences that can predict whether you'll live to...

CAIRO- Two Egyptian police officers are to face trial charged with torturing a 28-year-old man, whose death sparked local and international outcry, the public prosecutor said on Saturday. Mahmud...

DAMASCUS - Palestinian leader Abu Daoud, who planned the daring deadly attack against Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, died Saturday of illness at the age of 73, Palestinian...

LONDON- Two senior ministers warned Britain's then prime minister Tony Blair of "long-term damage to the armed forces" if it failed to swiftly draw down its troop numbers after the Iraq invasion, an...

ARLES- Mick Jagger is the main attraction at the 41st annual Rencontres d'Arles photography festival in the south of France, with organisers hoping that he will put in a personal appearance. The...

PARIS- The Israeli assault on Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009 inflicted high levels of stress and insecurity on its Palestinian population, a study published by The Lancet on Friday said....

BEIRUT- Lebanon has lodged a complaint with the UN Security Council over Israel's abduction of a shepherd from what it says was Lebanese territory at the weekend, a foreign ministry source said on...