JERUSALEM - The world has "betrayed" civilians in the Gaza Strip by failing to end a blockade of the Hamas-run enclave, 16 rights groups, including Amnesty International and Oxfam, said Tuesday....

JERUSALEM, Djallal Malti - A year after Israel's war in the Gaza Strip, an unprecedented calm has held around the Hamas-run enclave, but both sides are busily preparing for the inevitable next round,...

WASHINGTON- Asked Tuesday how Christmas would differ this year, eight-year-old first daughter Sasha Obama showed she is quite comfortable with the perks of dad's job, replying: "It will be easier to...

MADRID- Spain rejected Tuesday criticism that it had recognised Morocco's sovereignty over the Western Sahara in its handling of a hunger strike by an independence activist from the disputed...

BEIRUT- Lebanon's media was divided on Monday over Prime Minister Saad Hariri's landmark visit to Syria, with some saying it would thaw ties and others insisting it did little to re-establish trust....

HARGEISA - A Somali just home from eight years in the US jail at Guantanamo Bay told AFP Monday the prison was "hell on Earth", and alleged torture there had scarred some of his fellow inmates....

JERUSALEM, Marius Schattner- Top Israeli ministers on Tuesday ended a fifth round of talks in two days declining to commit to a prisoner swap with Hamas that would see hundreds of Palestinians...

ANKARA, Sibel Utku Bila - Unprecedented activism in the Middle East has raised Turkey's regional profile and boosted trade links, but some in the West are concerned that a long-time Muslim ally may...

JERUSALEM - The parents of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit made an impassioned appeal on Sunday for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a deal with his captors, saying time was running...