BAGHDAD, Arthur MacMillan- James Jeffrey, the new US ambassador to Iraq, arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday and presented his diplomatic credentials to the conflict-torn nation's head of state, the US...

GAZA CITY- The body of Amin al-Hindi, a senior Palestinian who was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre, was buried in Gaza City on Wednesday, an AFP correspondent said. Hindi, who died in...

GAZA CITY- In the latest Guinness world record bid aimed at highlighting the Palestinian struggle, a Gaza resident on Tuesday unveiled the "world's largest Ramadan lamp." The 10-metre (33 foot)...

BEIRUT- Hezbollah said on Tuesday it surrendered data allegedly implicating Israel in the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri to Lebanon's government and a judicial source said it was turned over to a...

JERUSALEM, Jean-Luc Renaudie- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday ruled out any "preconditions" ahead of an expected invitation to direct peace talks with the Palestinians that may be...

JERUSALEM- Pictures of an Israeli woman soldier posing in front of blindfolded and cuffed Palestinian prisoners that have been posted on Facebook triggered a stir in Israel on Monday. Israeli...

PARIS- Public figures including Nobel laureates and Hollywood stars published a letter of support Monday for Iranian mother-of-two Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani who is facing execution for adultery....

DAMASCUS- Hamas and 10 other radical Palestinian groups based in Syria on Sunday rejected any move by the Palestinian Authority to resume US-brokered direct peace talks with Israel. The 11 groups...

NEW YORK- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Syrian president to free "immediately" prominent rights lawyer Haytham Maleh who turned 80 in prison on Sunday. "President Bashar al-Assad should...