HERZLIYA- Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday urged Israelis and Palestinians to stop "the foreplay" and engage in direct peace negotiations. "The time has come to engage in...

TEHRAN- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that he sees "no problem" in delivering Iran's low-enriched uranium (LEU) to Western powers to be converted into nuclear fuel for Tehran research...

WASHINGTON - US lawmakers Tuesday unveiled plans to block public funding for US-based trials involving Guantanamo detainees who are accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks. Republican...

AMMAN, Musa Hattar - Jordan has revoked citizenship from nearly 3,000 Jordanians of Palestinian origin and should put an end to the practice, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday....

JERUSALEM, Charly Wegman- Security has been boosted in the wake of the killing of a senior Hamas militant which the Palestinian Islamists blamed on Israel, public radio said on Monday as explosives...

NEW YORK- The father of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a large-scale bombing in New York was charged Monday with conspiring to cover up evidence of terrorism. Mohammed Zazi was indicted...

DUBAI, Acil Tabbara - The police chief of the Gulf emirate of Dubai said on Sunday Israel's spy agency Mossad may have been behind the murder of a top militant of the Palestinian Islamist movement...

DAMASCUS- Hamas's exiled leader Khaled Meshaal said on Sunday that a reconciliation deal with rival Palestinian faction Fatah was "within reach" and called on Egypt to host a meeting to seal an...

PORT-AU-PRINCE- Haiti warned Sunday of an increase in child trafficking following its devastating earthquake, after police held 10 Americans who allegedly tried to leave the country with more than 30...