BERLIN, Richard Carter- German President Horst Koehler quit on Monday after comments linking overseas military action with the country's commercial interests, creating fresh problems for Chancellor...

ANKARA- Shock and outrage swept the globe Monday after Israeli commandos stormed a flotilla of aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip, as the Jewish state's foes and allies closed ranks in condemning the...

GAZA CITY, Sakher Abu El Oun- A flotilla of ships carrying activists and aid for the blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday finally steamed south from Cyprus, heading for a fleet of Israeli naval vessels...

MOSCOW- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin faced unusually direct criticism on human rights when a veteran rock singer attacked him at a televised charity event, complaining of widespread...

WASHINGTON- Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said Friday his Palestinian group had no problem with the United States, but called Israel "the obstacle" to peace in the Middle East. "We don't have a...

GAZA CITY- Six Palestinians were killed and 12 others injured as a Gaza smuggling tunnel collapsed after contraband gas canisters exploded on Saturday, medics in the coastal enclave said. The...

BEIRUT- Rival Lebanese politicians have postponed to June 17 talks that were set to resume next week on a national defence strategy, the government said in a statement on Friday. It did not...

RAFAH, Joseph Krauss- Huddled in a tent near the mound of rubble that used to be his home, Eissa al-Sidudi says out loud what many Gazans would only mutter in private: Hamas has gone too far. On...

SYDNEY- An Australian politician Friday called for the musician formerly known as Cat Stevens to be denied a visa because he once supported a "fatwa" against British author Salman Rushdie....