DAMASCUS- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday as the two countries signed a string of cooperation accords. During Hariri's third visit as premier to...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Arab League chief Amr Mussa said on Sunday the Palestinians could not resume direct talks with Israel without guarantees, as the Palestinian and Israeli leaders met separately...

WASHINGTON, Paula Bustamante- Being a glamorous secret agent suits Angelina Jolie just fine. As long as it is just for the movies. "I couldn't keep a secret life because it is just not natural to...

HAVANA- Cuban communist leader Fidel Castro has made his fifth public appearance in slightly over a week to warn Cuban diplomats about what he believes will be an imminent nuclear war in the Middle...

AMMAN- The Jordan-based lawyer of Iraq's jailed former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz said on Saturday that he has secured Baghdad's permission to visit his client in prison. Lawyer Badih Aref...

RAMALLAH, Nasser Abu Bakr- The Palestinian leadership said Saturday it wants "clarity" regarding the US position on Israeli settlements and Jerusalem before moving to direct peace talks. "Until...

RABAT- Morocco accused Spanish police on Friday of badly injuring five of its citizens trying to enter Spain's North African enclave of Melilla merely for carrying a Moroccan flag. "Morocco...

TEHRAN, Farhad Pouladi and Jay Deshmukh- Two suicide bombings at a Shiite mosque in heavily Sunni southeast Iran killed more than 20 people Thursday, including worshippers and members of the...

JERUSALEM, Steve Weizman- US President Barack Obama's Middle East peace envoy started his sixth round of shuttle diplomacy between the Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday seeking to move the two...