
Israeli watchdog rips Netanyahu over settlements
A review of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement policies shows a clear intent to prevent the creation of a viable Palestinian state by ...

Jerusalem barrier spurs illicit building boom
Dozens of apartment towers sprouting up illicitly in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem are creating a fraught new dynamic in the struggle for control ...

US condemns comments from Egypt's Morsi
The Obama administration on Tuesday gave a blistering review of remarks that Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi made almost three years ago about Jews ...

Dozens killed in blasts at Syria university
Twin blasts ripped through a university campus in Syria's largest city on Tuesday as students were taking exams, setting cars alight, blowing the ...
Cuba acknowledges 51 cholera cases
Cuba's Public Health Ministry on Tuesday acknowledged 51 new cases of cholera in the capital amid growing concerns about the illness' spread and ...

Israel's Labor head poised to be Netanyahu gadfly
Just seven years after quitting her job as a high-profile media commentator, the leader of Israel's Labor Party appears to be on track to become head ...
US plays down Afghan threat to Central Asia
A senior U.S. diplomat has played down concerns among Central Asian governments that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan could foment regional ...
Egyptian lawyer sentenced for drug smuggling
An Egyptian human rights lawyer was convicted Tuesday by a Saudi court for smuggling drugs into the kingdom and sentenced to five years in prison and ...

Report: Turkey strikes Kurd rebel targets in Iraq
Turkish jets have struck suspected Kurdish rebel targets in a cross-border raid in northern Iraq, Turkish and Kurdish media reported Tuesday, even as ...
Ugandan, US forces hunting LRA welcome CAR truce
Ugandan soldiers and U.S forces who are pursuing the leader of the brutal Lord's Resistance Army in the jungles of the Central African Republic say ...

Lines at Cuba travel agencies on day 1 of new law
Cubans formed long lines outside travel agencies and migration offices in Havana on Monday as a highly anticipated new law took effect ending the ...

Mali rebels make gains, vow to avenge French bombs
Despite a punishing bombardment by French warplanes, al-Qaida-linked insurgents grabbed more territory in Mali on Monday, seizing a strategic military ...

Voter turnout push could challenge Israeli leader
With large numbers of Israelis expected to sit out next week's election, centrist activists have launched a last-ditch appeal to get out the vote, ...
Al-Qaida carves out own country in Mali
Deep inside caves, in remote desert bases, in the escarpments and cliff faces of northern Mali, Islamic extremist fighters have been burrowing into ...

Syria bombs Damascus suburbs to keep rebels out
The Syrian government bombed areas around Damascus on Monday as part of its push to keep rebel fighters out of the capital, leaving many children ...

Obama, Netanyahu: Bad blood between key allies
President Barack Obama heads into his second term weighed down by an American government snarled in partisan gridlock, but also by an unproductive ...
Jordan's king urges Israel, Palestinians to talk
Jordan's king has warned that the failure to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is adding to regional tensions. A statement from ...

Israel PM vows to proceed with disputed settlement
Israel's prime minister pledged Sunday to move ahead with construction of a new Jewish settlement in a strategic part of the West Bank, speaking just ...

Haiti quietly marks quake's 3rd anniversary
President Michel Martelly urged Haitians to recall the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives in a devastating earthquake three years ago, ...

Pakistan, India seek to ease tension over Kashmir
Despite the worst bout of violence in years along the disputed Kashmir border, Pakistani and Indian officials have kept tension from spiraling out of ...

Syria talks end in Geneva without solution
International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Friday that Russia seems as determined as the United States to end Syria's civil war, but that he doesn't ...

Haiti plans subdued memorial 3 years after quake
The Haitian government plans a low-key ceremony Saturday for the third anniversary of the earthquake that devastated the country and killed hundreds ...

Analysis: Israel left wing sees Jewish state's end
An apocalyptic tone has crept into Israel's hitherto muted election season, with opposition leaders and others sounding increasingly desperate ...

Syrian rebels seize key air base, activists say
Syrian rebels and Islamic militants overran a major military air base in the north Friday and, buoyed by the victory, intensified their offensive on ...

Kerry's words on Assad certain to draw scrutiny
Sen. John Kerry has held up Syria as a country that could bring peace and stability to the Mideast and predicted that the now-disgraced government of ...