WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama will host Saudi King Abdullah in Washington on June 29, the White House announced Sunday. Obama "looks forward to discussing with King Abdullah the strengthening...

YANGON- Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 65th birthday under house arrest Saturday as activists held protests around the globe and world leaders called for the junta to free her....

RIYADH, Paul Handley - Twenty percent of ex-Guantanamo prisoners who graduated from Saudi Arabia's rehabilitation programme resumed contacts with Islamist militants, a senior Saudi counter-terror...

JERUSALEM, Steve Weizman- As women activists in Lebanon prepare a blockade-busting voyage to Israel, its UN envoy has warned the world body that the Jewish state is entitled to use "all necessary...

DUBAI- Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum published a poem on Thursday criticising Israel's blockade of Gaza and urging the Arabs to come to the aid of the impoverished territory....

WASHINGTON- Middle East envoy Tony Blair said Thursday he believes Israel would consider an international presence along the Gaza Strip's borders to allow the entry of goods other than weapons into...

KATHMANDU, Subel Bhandari- The young Nepalese fashion designer Prabal Gurung has been courted by the world's top style magazines and won plaudits for his creations from some of Hollywood's best-known...

JERUSALEM, Hazel Ward- Israel's security cabinet on Wednesday met to reportedly consider an international proposal for significantly easing its blockade on Gaza, which has been in place since 2006....

JERUSALEM- Israel considers the Turkish Muslim charity IHH involved in organising a flotilla of aid ships to Gaza last month as a "terrorist organisation," public television said Wednesday. IHH,...