JERUSALEM, Yana Dlugy - Israel's premier savoured a victory on Sunday after Washington hailed his "unprecedented" stand on settlements and backed his call for peace talks to resume without the...

KABUL, Sardar Ahmad- Challenger Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday pulled out of Afghanistan's run-off election, plunging the country into fresh political chaos amid international pressure for the one-horse...

HEBRON - Israel on Sunday released Hamas MP Hatem Qafisha after a year in detention, allowing him to return to his home in the West Bank city of Hebron. The 49-year-old Palestinian was greeted by...

MILAN, Michele Leridon - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will stand trial on corruption charges, authorities said Saturday, as the premier defiantly insisted he would not step down even if...

TEHRAN, Aresu Eqbali - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday Iran still distrusts Western powers when it comes to holding talks, but that he also hopes the nuclear dialogue between the two...

JERUSALEM, Christophe Schmidt - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday pressed for a swift resumption of Middle East peace talks despite the Palestinian insistence that Israel first stop...

UNITED NATIONS - Most of the world's major weapons exporters, including the United States, supported a UN resolution Friday that calls for a treaty aimed at strengthening controls on the...

ATHENS - A Greek far-left group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a small bomb detonated outside the Athens home of a prominent conservative Eurodeputy, police said. The outfit, Conspiracy of...

BRUSSELS, Lorne Cook - European Union leaders on Thursday cleared a major obstacle holding up the massive Lisbon reform treaty, paving the way for a new-look EU with its first-ever president. At...