BEIRUT- Hezbollah is demanding the revision of a security accord between France and Lebanon over the definition of the word "terrorism," a party official said on Wednesday. "We want a text that...

JERUSALEM- Israeli police have arrested a Jewish man suspected of stabbing to death two Palestinians and attempting to kill others in a string of attacks during the late 1990s, local media said on...

BEIRUT- A Lebanese military prosecutor on Tuesday sought the death penalty for a technician at a mobile phone network accused of spying for Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, a judicial source...

DAMASCUS- About 1,200 women teachers have lost their jobs in Syria for wearing the full Islamic veil, a human rights group said on Tuesday. "National Education Minister Ali Saad last month ordered...

BRUSSELS- The EU on Tuesday criticised Israel's demolition of Palestinian buildings in east Jerusalem the day after approving the construction of new Jewish homes, calling the move an obstacle to...

JERUSALEM- Israel's military has launched an investigation into the killing of a Palestinian activist during a West Bank protest more than a year ago, the Israeli rights group B'Tselem said on...

BEIRUT- Lebanese army chief General Jean Kahwaji pledged on Friday that his troops would provide protection to UN peacekeepers, a week after a French patrol came under attack by villagers. "We...

BEIJING, Francois Bougon- Chinese dissident writer Yu Jie spends his days between two worlds: the spiritual, with the Bible to offer him guidance, and the virtual, with Twitter as the best way for...

PARIS- Saudi King Adbullah has decided to postpone a visit to France scheduled for next week and no official reason has been given for the delay, Le Monde newspaper reported on Friday. A French...