LONDON, Katherine Haddon- Whoever wins Thursday's general election, one success of the campaign is already clear: the first ever TV debates between party leaders, which have galvanised voters and...

GAZA CITY- The Islamist Hamas movement on Thursday accused Egyptian security forces of killing four Palestinians by pumping poisonous gas into a cross-border smuggling tunnel, a claim Cairo denied....

CAIRO- The Arab League on Wednesday congratulated Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on winning another term in office after his country's first multi-party election in more than two decades. The...

BAGHDAD, Arthur MacMillan- Iraqi men were raped, electrocuted and beaten in a "secret prison" in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, in a harrowing report reminiscent of the abuses that...

BAGHDAD, Arthur MacMillan- Iraq's general election winner Iyad Allawi on Wednesday said new parliamentary polls run by international monitors might be needed to end concerted efforts from rivals who...

WASHINGTON, Dan De Luce- US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday accused Iran and Syria of arming Hezbollah with increasingly sophisticated rockets and missiles, saying the militia's arsenal...

NEW YORK- Egypt said Tuesday establishing a Middle East nuclear-free zone at next month's nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference here was the key to resolving the nuclear standoff...

WASHINGTON- US national security adviser James Jones said sorry Monday, after telling a joke about a Taliban militant and a Jewish vendor, to kick off a deadly serious keynote speech on Middle East...

WASHINGTON- New videos produced by Al-Qaeda in Yemen show accused underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and others in firing practice taking aim at a Jewish star, a British flag and the letters...