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Jerusalem--Egyptian security officials arrested an Israeli journalist as he tried to sneak across the porous Israeli-Egyptian border with African migrants, his newspaper reported Monday.
An Egyptian security official said the Israeli had no...
Baghdad--Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indication that Iraqis want a moderate...
Paris--Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear?
Bitter rivals Israel and Syria both announced Tuesday that they want to pursue atomic power plants, potentially complicating the diplomatic storm over Iran's nuclear program and fueling a...
Ramallah, West Bank--Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem, but made clear it had no intention of reversing the order that has cast a...
Jerusalem--David Kimche, the Israeli spy-turned-diplomat who played a key role in the Iran-contra scandal that rocked President Ronald Reagan's administration, has died. He was 82.
Kimche, who would later become involved in the Middle East peace...
Jos, Nigeria--The US government and human rights activists called Tuesday for Nigeria to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the deaths of more than 200 unarmed people in renewed violence between Christians and Muslims.
Acting President...
Jerusalem--Israel and the Palestinians agreed to begin indirect, American-brokered talks, the US Mideast envoy announced Monday — ending a 14-month deadlock in peacemaking and representing the Obama administration's first substantive...
Paris--French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday urged developing countries to embrace nuclear energy and rich lenders to help pay for it, but stood firmly against countries that "cheat" and use the technology to make weapons.
"We...
Lome--Togo's election commission on Saturday declared the son of the country's late dictator winner of the presidential race, extending the family's rule into a fifth decade in a deep blow to Togo's opposition, which vowed to take to the streets in...
Baghdad--Iraqis voted Sunday in an election testing the mettle of the country's still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed 19 people in the capital and sending down a barrage of mortars intent on disrupting the day.
About 19 million Iraqis are...
