Middle Orient

Hamas security briefly detained on Saturday the father of iconic Palestinian boy Mohammed El-Dura, who became a national symbol when he was

The British and French foreign ministers met Palestinian and Israeli leaders on Sunday in a bid to boost the chances of success at a US-sponsored Middle East peace meeting later this

A Philippine travel ban to Afghanistan has been lifted to allow its nationals to work for subcontractors employed by the United States and coalition

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrived in Beirut on Sunday night for his sixth visit to the country since May, as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice telephoned political leaders in a bid to push

An Iraqi provincial governor accused U.S. troops of opening fire on civilian cars south of Baghdad on Sunday, wounding six people, and threatened to suspend ties with U.S. officials over the “brutal” attack.

Twenty-eight people were killed when a fire broke out in a gas pipeline near the Hawiyah gas plant in Saudi Arabia overnight, Saudi Aramco said on Sunday.

Lebanon faces a crucial week with the term of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud ending on November 23 and the country’s divided politicians yet to agree on his successor.

Canadian and Afghan troops pushed into a Taliban heartland in southern Afghanistan, fought off fierce counter-attacks and fortified an outpost on Sunday to stay in the area.

With violence levels dropping across the city, Baghdad’s hard-working ambulance drivers now find time to sit and sip tea instead of each rushing to four or five emergency calls a day.

Jordan holds an election on Tuesday set to keep parliament in the hands of tribal, centrist and pro-government deputies under a system that under-represents the cities where the Islamist and liberal opposition do best.