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Lebanon: Main suspect in 2011 kidnapping arrested
Security forces have arrested the main suspect in the 2011 kidnapping of seven Estonian tourists and the more recent abduction of a Lebanese citizen ...
Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 1 Palestinian
An Israeli aircraft attacked a motorcycle in Gaza on Tuesday, killing a top militant in a shadowy al-Qaida-influenced group who had been involved in ...
Arabs soften stance on Israel's final borders
Arab countries endorsed a Mideast peace plan Monday that would allow for small shifts in Israel's 1967 border, moving them closer to President Barack ...
Israel, Turkey find way forward on flotilla money
In a step toward restoring ties, former allies Turkey and Israel agreed Monday on the "methods and principles" of working out compensation payments ...
Kerry pushes Turkey-Israel rapprochement
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored with ...
Palestinians seeking statehood look to high-tech
Palestinians are turning to their fledgling high-tech sector as they lay the groundwork for a future state, saying the unique hardships of life in the ...
Outgoing Palestinian premier pleads for unity
The outgoing Palestinian prime minister is urging for new elections and says it's the only way to heal a bitter rift between the West Bank and Gaza ...
Kerry hopes next Palestinian PM can work with US
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he hoped the Palestinians pick a new prime minister who can work with the United States and "establish ...
Palestinian PM offered resignation, officials say
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has offered to resign because of an increasingly bitter dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas over the extent ...
Analysis: Hamas wants bigger regional role
Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal has set an ambitious agenda for his new term, seeking to transform his Islamic militant movement that rules Gaza into a ...
Kerry makes new, ambitious Mideast peace push
Secretary of State John Kerry worked Monday to corral Israeli and Palestinian leaders into a new and ambitious peace process that includes reviving ...
Hamas shaves heads of Gaza youths with long hair
Police in Hamas-ruled Gaza have started grabbing young men with long or gel-styled spiky hair off the streets, bundling them into jeeps, mocking them ...
Decade-old Mideast peace plan re-emerges
A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians.
Op-ed stirs row over Palestinian rock-throwing
A newspaper op-ed piece by an Israeli writer has revived an emotional debate surrounding Israel's 45-year rule over the West Bank and east Jerusalem: ...
Thousands of Palestinians protest in West Bank
Thousands of outraged Palestinians took to the streets of the West Bank on Thursday, joining funeral processions and demonstrations after two ...
New push for Mideast peace: John Kerry heads back
Evoking the U.S. shuttle diplomacy of decades past, Secretary of State John Kerry is making his third trip to the Middle East in a span of just two ...
Gaza premier elected as No. 2 in Hamas leadership
Hamas says it has elected Gaza's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, as the deputy leader of the Islamic militant group. Senior Hamas figures this week ...
Israeli planes strike Gaza after rocket fire
Israeli warplanes struck targets early Wednesday in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire toward southern Israel, the first air strikes launched ...
Hamas confirms leader Khaled Mashaal's re-election
Palestinian militant group Hamas has confirmed the re-election of longtime leader Khaled Mashaal in a vote held in Cairo. In a statement Tuesday, the ...
Hamas re-elects Mashaal as its leader
The Islamic militant group Hamas on Monday re-elected longtime leader Khaled Mashaal, officials said, choosing a relative pragmatist who has sparred ...
Palestinian leader clamps down on critics
Mahmoud Abbas' government in the West Bank is getting tougher with critics, interrogating, prosecuting and even jailing several journalists and ...
Palestinian journalist jailed for Abbas photo
A West Bank appeals court on Thursday upheld a one-year prison term for a Palestinian journalist who had a photo on his Facebook page that authorities ...
Israel reopens Gaza border crossings
Israel on Thursday fully reopened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip that were closed following militant rocket fire during President Barack ...