LOS ANGELES, Paula Bustamante- French director Michel Gondry, best known for directing brainy indie movies, makes his Hollywood blockbuster debut this weekend with "The Green Hornet," an...

RIYADH- Saudi Arabia on Saturday officially announced that it was hosting toppled Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family after they fled their country. A palace statement...

COPENHAGEN- A summit gathering some of Iraq's top religious leaders ended Friday with an agreement on a joint decree condemning violence against Christians and other religious minorities, organisers...

BEIRUT, Natacha Yazbeck- Lebanon's caretaker premier, Saad Hariri, vowed on Friday to fully cooperate in forming a new government amid international efforts to contain a political storm sparked by...

WASHINGTON- US Middle East envoy George Mitchell met separately on Thursday with Israeli and Palestinian envoys as part of Washington's bid to revive peace negotiations, the State Department said....

BEIRUT, Jocelyne Zablit- Lebanon's president prepared on Thursday to tackle the delicate task of naming a new premier after Hezbollah forced the collapse of the unity government and plunged the...

GAZA CITY, Adel Zaanoun- Gaza's Hamas rulers on Thursday ordered the security forces to ensure militant groups observed a truce on firing rockets at Israel a day after the factions agreed to comply....

TUNIS- Tunisia deployed troops in the capital and imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew Wednesday as weeks of violent protests reached the city and new clashes erupted further south with three reported...

BAGHDAD, Ammar Karim- Iraq and Kuwait agreed on Wednesday to step up efforts to resolve issues dating from Iraq's 1990 invasion of the emirate, as a Kuwaiti premier visited Baghdad for the first time...