SMOLENSK, Marina Sokolova - A plane carrying Polish president Lech Kaczynski and much of the country's military and state elite crashed in thick fog in Russia on Saturday killing all 96 people on...

RIYADH- Saudi doctors said Friday that it is not possible to safely separate conjoined twins born in the Gaza Strip and sent to Riyadh for treatment. The lives of the two-week-old girls born...

MADRID- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri urged Israel on Thursday to "move ahead" towards finding a political solution with the Palestinians by privileging dialogue over "little wars". "Israel...

PARIS- People who have "near-death experiences," such as flashing lights, feelings of peace and joy and divine encounters before they pull back from the brink may simply have raised levels of carbon...

ISTANBUL, Nicolas Cheviron- After using enhanced diplomacy and trade to bolster ties with Middle Eastern neighbours, Turkey now has a new weapon to seduce the Arab world: a state television channel...

PARIS- Astronomers on Wednesday said they may have explained the riddle of a dimming star that has perplexed skygazers for nearly two centuries. Located 2,000 light years from Earth in the...

PARIS- French spies tried to track down the source of rumours about the stability of President Nicolas Sarkozy's marriage, the head of the domestic intelligence agency said Wednesday. Asked about...

JERUSALEM- A young Israeli Arab on Tuesday was sentenced to almost six years in jail for spying on Israel's armed forces chief for Lebanon's Hezbollah militia at the gym where they both worked out....

LONDON- Corin Redgrave, the second oldest member of Britain's illustrious Redgrave acting dynasty, died Tuesday at the age of 70, his family said. "Corin Redgrave has died today. He was taken ill...