TUNIS- Authorities struggled to contain escalating unrest in Tunisia on Tuesday as labour and human-rights activists said as many as 50 people had been killed in protests against unemployment. The...

WASHINGTON- Israeli and Palestinian envoys are expected to hold separate talks in Washington this week with US officials including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of Washington's bid to...

UNITED NATIONS- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called Monday for restraint and full respect for free expression in Tunisia amid spiraling clashes between security forces and demonstrators, his...

ABU DHABI- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concern Monday over attempts to "destabilise" Lebanon amid tensions there linked to a UN probe into the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafiq...

RAMALLAH, Hossam Ezzedine - The United States and the Palestinians have slammed Israel's bulldozing of an east Jerusalem hotel to make way for settler homes, saying it undermines Middle East peace...

ALGIERS, Amer Ouali- Algerian authorities on Sunday insisted the country had "turned the page" on nationwide food riots that left five people dead and vowed to punish those responsible. A day...

MADRID- A deserter from the Western Sahara's Polisario Front independence movement arrived in Madrid on Saturday to take up his position as the new Moroccan ambassador, a source at the Spanish...

JERUSALEM- Israel announced on Saturday that its chief peace negotiator Yitzhak Molcho is to travel to Washington next week to renew contacts with the Palestinians. Prime Minister Benjamin...

NEW YORK- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday discussed growing tensions in Lebanon with the country's Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Saudi King Abdullah at separate meetings in New York,...