WINDSOR- Queen Elizabeth II formally welcomed the emir of Qatar to Britain on Tuesday for a trip aimed at boosting growing trade links and both countries' bids for the football World Cup. Sheikh...

JERUSALEM, Steve Weizman- The first passengers from a Gaza-bound aid ship to testify on a deadly Israeli raid were on Monday unable to answer the key question of who started the violence in which...

SEABROOK, Anita Hassan- As she settled into her seat for church services in this suburb of Houston, Texas one recent Sunday, Fran Rentz felt pretty sure about whom she would vote for in next week's...

RAMALLAH- The Western-backed Palestinian Authority on Monday thanked Saudi Arabia for providing more than 100 million dollars (72 million euros) in aid. The Palestinian cabinet "praised the...

MANAMA, Taieb Mahjoub- The main Shiite opposition group made a slender gain in Bahrain's parliamentary poll, results showed on Sunday, with their majority community demanding a greater say in the...

JERUSALEM- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged the Palestinians not to abandon stalled peace talks in favour of an "unrealistic" appeal to the international community. "We...

JERUSALEM, Majeda El Batsh- Two Arab citizens of Israel who were on board a Gaza-bound aid ship seized in a deadly May 31 raid will testify before an Israeli commission investigating the botched...

LOS ANGELES, Romain Raynaldy - US designer and architect Peter Marino relishes the visual stimulation of art all around him -- and admits he is at odds with fashion guru Giorgio Armani on when enough...

MANAMA, Mohammad Fadhel- Bahrainis voted on Saturday for the third time since reforms which turned the Gulf state into a constitutional monarchy, with the Shiite majority demanding an easing of the...