RAMALLAH (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday there was a need to remain focused on establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel despite the crisis in Lebanon.

SAFED, Israel (Reuters) – Eliezer Asulin lives alone in the remains of his home, half-destroyed by a direct hit from a Hizbollah rocket fired from Lebanon.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court sent three election commissioners to jail for four years on Tuesday for mishandling April’s inconclusive general election, clearing the way for a new poll to end a long-running political crisis.