WASHINGTON- Top US diplomat Hillary Clinton spoke Tuesday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas ahead of a controversial UN showdown over the Palestinians' bid for UN membership, State Department...

SHISHAN, Deborah Pasmantier- Anti-Kadhafi fighters voiced concern on Monday over civilians in the besieged town of Bani Walid, as Nigerien sources said prominent regime officials had fled across the...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Backers and foes of Hosni Mubarak clashed Monday as a first witness in the ousted president's trial pointed a finger of blame at the chief of anti-riot forces for dozens of...

RAMALLAH- The Palestinians will not be deterred from seeking United Nations membership, a senior official said here Sunday, after reports Washington was trying to head off their bid. "The...

Weeks before the Palestinians are to formally submit a request for UN membership, the bloc's 27 ministers devoted substantial time debating an issue hotly criticised by many, notably Israel and the...

VATICAN CITY, Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere- The Vatican on Saturday acknowledged "grave failures" in handling a child sex abuse scandal involving priests in southern Ireland as Dublin insisted the Holy...

TRIPOLI, Andrew Beatty- Libya's new leaders said Friday they will move to Tripoli next week after their forces defeated Moamer Kadhafi and they won wide international support for plans to bring...

UNITED NATIONS- UN leader Ban Ki-moon "deeply regrets" the diplomatic storm between Israel and Turkey over a report into a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, his spokesman said Friday after Turkey...

UNITED NATIONS- Israel used "excessive" deadly violence against a Turkish-led aid flotilla to Gaza, according to a UN mandated inquiry whose report was published Thursday by the New York Times....