GAZA CITY- Gaza's Islamic Jihad announced Thursday that an Egyptian-brokered truce had been restored following a brief but intense confrontation a day earlier when Israeli warplanes pounded the Strip...

CAIRO- Egypt's top Islamic body said on Thursday the big budget Hollywood biblical epic "Noah" starring Russell Crowe was irreligious and should not be screened in the country. Al-Azhar institute,...

JERUSALEM- The European Union has warned of "serious consequences" for Middle East regional security if the Gaza Strip's dire economic and humanitarian situation is not addressed. A report...

ALGIERS- Police blocked a planned meeting in Algiers Wednesday of opposition party leaders urging a boycott of next month's presidential election, in which ailing incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika is...

ABU DHABI- Egyptian military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates, a strong supporter of his July ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. Field Marshal Sisi, who...

GENEVA- The opening of a third refugee camp in Jordan next month is "timely" as the number of Syrians crossing the border has swelled to around 600 a day, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday. The...

RAMALLAH- The Revolutionary Council of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Monday unanimously endorsed his rejection of demands to recognise Israel as a Jewish state, officials at the meeting told...

VILNIUS, Vaidotas Beniusis- Standing in the shadow of a massive, grey former KGB building in a busy Vilnius street, Lithuanian pensioner Rimantas Gucas worries history could repeat itself if the West...

BAGHDAD, Mohamad Ali Harissi- Saudi Arabia and Qatar are supporting militant groups in Iraq and have effectively declared war on the country, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said as nationwide violence...