BEIRUT, Mohamad Ali Harissi- Supporters of the Shiite Hezbollah group and a small Sunni outfit clashed in Lebanon's capital Beirut late Tuesday, leaving two people dead including a Hezbollah member,...

RAMALLAH, Selim Saheb Ettaba- Israel must chose between "settlements or peace," Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat said on Monday ahead of the September 2 restart of negotiations in...

NEW YORK, Paola Messana - Several hundred protesters staged rival demonstrations Sunday for and against plans to build a mosque near the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks, some brandishing signs...

WASHINGTON, Andrew Gully - The top US commander in Iraq admitted Sunday that a "complete failure" of Iraqi security forces could oblige the United States to resume combat operations there, but he...

CAIRO- A Libyan official said convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was "in good condition" for a cancer patient but depressed by reports he should have died by now, an Arab daily...

JERUSALEM, Steve Weizman- Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to restart US-brokered direct peace talks, but politicians on both sides warned on Saturday that the process will be stillborn if the...

LONDON- David Miliband, considered the front-runner to lead Britain's Labour Party, was ridiculed in newspapers Saturday over his six-page guide on how to throw a dinner party for his campaign....

CAIRO, Rayad Abu Awad- A television series being broadcast throughout the Muslim month of Ramadan has drawn the ire of Egypt's Islamist opposition, who view it as additional pressure ahead of a...

WASHINGTON, Lachlan Carmichael- Israel and the Palestinians will resume direct peace talks here in early September with the aim of a deal within a year to create an independent Palestinian state, US...