GAZA CITY- Israel allowed a shipment of construction materials into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for the first time in three years on Thursday, according to a Palestinian official. The six...

LONDON- Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg emerged as the clear winner Thursday of a first-ever pre-election debate in Britain ahead of ballots next month, according to an instant poll. Clegg,...

PARIS- Osama bin Laden's son Omar has been denied a visa to promote his new book in France and elsewhere in Europe, his French publisher said Thursday. His wife, however, denied the report, saying...

NABLUS - Israeli settlers desecrated a mosque on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian security officials said. The Israeli army confirmed that "anonymous suspects" scrawled graffiti,...

CAIRO- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will hold a cabinet meeting on Thursday, his first since returning home after surgery in Germany, his office said on Wednesday. The 81-year-old president,...

WASHINGTON- The United States voiced alarm Wednesday about the possible sale of Scud missiles to Hezbollah militants, warning it would put Lebanon at "significant risk." The White House and State...

JERUSALEM- Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday accused Syria of supplying Scud missiles to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah while publicly talking peace. "Syria claims it wants peace...

BARCELONA, Pierre Ausseill - Talks aimed at adopting a water management strategy for the Mediterranean failed Tuesday due to a row between Israel and Arab countries over a reference to the...

KUWAIT CITY- A Syrian agent who allegedly misled a UN probe into the killing of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri has resurfaced in Europe after imprisonment in the Gulf, a Kuwaiti daily reported...