BEIRUT- Lebanon's ambassador to Egypt will attend the Arab summit in Libya after President Michel Sleiman decided not to go amid a spat over the suspected disappearance there of a prominent Lebanese...

ALGIERS- The UN envoy for the Western Sahara had talks Tuesday with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, during a regional tour aimed at resolving a lingering territorial dispute, the APS news...

LONDON, Michael Thurston- Britain said Tuesday it was kicking out an Israeli diplomat over the "intolerable" use of fake British passports in the killing of a Hamas chief, in a sharp escalation of...

JERUSALEM- Local officials have given final approval for the building of 20 apartments for Jewish settlers at the site of a former Palestinian hotel in occupied east Jerusalem, Israel media reported...

DAMASCUS- President Bashar al-Assad on Monday offered Syria's help in establishing cordial relations between Armenia and Turkey for the sake of regional security and stability. "Syria is ready to...

WASHINGTON, Lachlan Carmichael - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged Israel to make "difficult but necessary choices" for Middle East peace as she warned that Jewish settlements...

BRUSSELS- The European Union put pressure on Switzerland on Monday to resolve its diplomatic spat with Libya, with several countries threatening to isolate Bern. Eight members countries asked EU...

KHAN YUNIS, Joseph Krauss - UN chief Ban Ki-moon slammed Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a tour of the war-battered coastal territory on Sunday, saying it was causing "unacceptable...

JERUSALEM- Most Israelis regard US President Barack Obama as fair in his dealings with their country, despite a simmering diplomatic row between the two countries, according to a poll published on...