WASHINGTON- The United States said Thursday it agreed on a spy swap with Russia on "national security and humanitarian grounds" as it determined it would gain little by imprisoning Moscow's agents....
WASHINGTON- Days before French lawmakers are due to vote on a bill that would make it illegal for Muslim women to wear full veils in public, a US poll has found that a majority of Europeans back such...
WASHINGTON, Christophe Schmidt- A resumption of long-stalled direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians could be on the horizon, but swift progress towards sealing a peace deal remains a long...
WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson- US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he hoped for direct Middle East peace talks to start before the end of September, as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
LONDON- More than 50 prisoners are still missing since riots at Syria's Saydnaya prison two years ago led to the deaths of at least 17 prisoners and five military police, Amnesty International said...
KEREM SHALOM, Majeda El Batsh- Israel on Monday gave the go-ahead for the international community to import construction materials into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in an easing of its blockade that won...
LONDON- The Lockerbie bomber could survive for 10 years or longer, according to the cancer specialist who said last year he would be dead within three months of his release, a newspaper reported on...
ALGIERS- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Sunday made a short "courtesy" visit to Algeria's leader, who is mourning the death of his brother, in a sign of improving ties between the North African...
WASHINGTON- The White House insisted Friday that US-brokered indirect Middle East talks were making progress, despite Palestinian complaints that the Israelis were stalling.
Senior US officials...
BUENOS AIRES- The presidents of Argentina and Syria Friday traded words of support for their respective territorial claims on Britain's Falkland Islands, in the South Atlantic, and the Golan Heights...