WASHINGTON- The Senate's delay in confirming US President Barack Obama's choices of ambassadors to Syria and Turkey "does have an impact" on US policy in the region, an Obama administration official...

JEDDAH- The Saudi government said on Monday that Israel's policy of building settlements in occupied Palestinian territories undermined the US-brokered Middle East peace process. "A freeze in the...

JERUSALEM- An Israeli border guard on Sunday killed a Palestinian who tried to grab his gun when he was detained while trying to cross into east Jerusalem from the West Bank, police said. The man...

AMMAN- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas insisted on Sunday that Israel should freeze settlement building before he returns to peace talks, a statement in Jordan said. "Of course we will not stop...

DAMASCUS- Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Sunday that only Turkey can act as an intermediary in any indirect peace negotiations between Syria and Israel. "Turkey has shown itself to be an...

BERLIN- Chancellor Angela Merkel Sunday offered a rare personal insight into her upbringing in communist East Germany and recalled the "unforgettable" joy of reunification, 20 years ago to the day....

CAIRO- Dozens of Egyptian Muslims gathered outside a Cairo mosque on Friday to protest against a senior Coptic Christian bishop who cast doubt on the authenticity of some verses of the Koran....

BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao- Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a tough-talking former rebel who spent decades in exile and says he was sentenced to death by Saddam Hussein, is once again the favourite to hang...

WASHINGTON- US Middle East envoy George Mitchell was due in Qatar on Friday before traveling to Egypt and Jordan as part of efforts to save fledgling Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. "We continue...