
Gaza militants fire at Israel during Obama visit
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets on Thursday at southern Israel, on the second day of President Barack Obama's visit to the region, ...

AP INTERVIEW: Jordan's king warns of Syrian unrest
Jordan is struggling under the burden of a half-million refugees from the Syrian civil war — a conflict that King Abdullah II fears could create a ...

Israeli government sends mixed signals on peace
Ahead of the arrival of President Barack Obama on a high-profile Mideast mission, Israel's new government on Monday sent mixed messages about pursuing ...
Palestinian ends hunger strike in deal
A freed Palestinian prisoner was given a hero's welcome in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening after ending his hunger strike in an Israeli jail and ...

Israeli premier names new defense minister
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed on Sunday a hard-line former military chief as the country's new defense minister. Moshe Yaalon, ...

Netanyahu faces rocky future in new coalition
Forced to rely on the support of two fast-rising rivals in his new governing coalition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now faces a reshaped and ...
Taiwan president to attend pope's installation
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou will attend the installation Mass of Pope Francis in Vatican City, an official said Friday, in a rare European foray ...
US: Israel must recognize changed Mideast dynamics
The White House says Israel's security depends in part on its ability to court Arab public opinion, as the strongman leaders it long depended on give ...

Last-minute snag stalls Israeli coalition deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached a deal Thursday to form a new coalition government, but a last-minute snag over the title of his new ...
Report blames Hamas for Egypt soldier killings
A report by a state-owned Egyptian weekly magazine on Thursday accused the Palestinian militant movement Hamas of carrying out one of the bloodiest ...
China maintains hard line on ties with Vatican
China congratulated former Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio on Thursday on his election as pope, but said establishing formal relations would depend ...
African Union: South Sudan to restart pumping oil
South Sudan will restart pumping oil in two weeks and will export it as soon as it's technically possible, the African Union said Tuesday, in a deal ...

Jerusalem Arab residents contest highway route
A new Israeli highway project is threatening to add to tensions in Jerusalem by cutting through a quiet, middleclass Arab neighborhood to link a large ...

UN: Palestinian militants likely killed Gaza baby
An errant Palestinian rocket, not an Israeli airstrike, likely killed the baby of a BBC reporter during fighting in the Hamas-ruled territory last ...

Falkland Islanders vote with an eye on Argentina
Britain is hoping this weekend's referendum on the political status of the Falkland Islands will push the United States and other neutral governments ...

West Bank students attack British diplomat
Dozens of Palestinian students swarmed around a senior British diplomat on Tuesday, leaping on his vehicle and trying to attack him in a show of rage ...

US, Saudi present united front on Syria, Iran
The United States and Saudi Arabia on Monday presented a united front to Iran and Syria. They warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that they will ...
Palestinian prime minister evacuated from protest
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was evacuated after inhaling tear gas on Friday during a demonstration in the West Bank against Israel's ...
Diplomats urge EU to block Jerusalem settlements
Nearly two dozen European diplomats have urged the EU to intensify efforts to block Israeli settlement in and near Jerusalem, saying such construction ...

First Gaza rocket in 3 months rattles cease-fire
Gaza militants on Tuesday fired a rocket into Israel for the first time in three months, rattling a cross-border truce that has held since Israel's ...

Palestinians bury man who died in Israeli custody
A Palestinian man who died under disputed circumstances in Israeli custody was given a hero's funeral Monday, as thousands thronged his gravesite and ...
Jewish settlers, Palestinians clash in West Bank
Clashes erupted Saturday in the West Bank where Jewish settlers shot two Palestinian demonstrators in the northern village of Kusra, an Israeli ...