TUNIS- Residents in a southern Tunisian town, angered by the closure of the nearby Libyan border crossing, have been rioting and clashing with police, a union source said Saturday. "The town of...

COLOGNE, Richard Heister- A German court released an alleged Israeli agent Friday suspected of links to the January killing of a Hamas leader, in a discreet end to a case that threatened to sour...

BEIRUT- Hezbollah on Friday said it would hand over data allegedly implicating Israel in the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri to Lebanese authorities, following a request by a UN court probing the...

BRUSSELS- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is very close to agreeing to direct talks with Israel, EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said in a letter to foreign ministers seen by AFP on...

LOS ANGELES, Romain Raynaldy- After forging a career as one of the biggest stars of lavish Bollywood movies, Aamir Khan is using his clout to bring a grittier vision of India to the big screen....

CAIRO- Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II separately met Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday amid pressure for the Palestinians to resume direct peace talks with...

JERUSALEM, Hazel Ward- Around 300 Muslim gravestones destroyed by Israeli bulldozers in a Jerusalem cemetery earlier this week were "fake" and set up in a bid to snatch government land, the city...

JERUSALEM- An Israeli court on Thursday ordered the release to house arrest of a former settler suspected of killing four Palestinians and wounding seven others more than ten years ago, Israeli media...

US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY- A Guantanamo Bay military jury Wednesday sentenced Ibrahim al-Qosi, a one-time cook for Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, to 14 years in prison. The 51-year-old...