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Qandil Mountains, Iraq--Kurdish militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have announced a conditional ceasefire against Turkish forces until 20…

Jerusalem--Moving from indirect talks to direct negotiations on the Middle East conflict may yield little unless Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

Beirut--Lebanon may be plunged into a political crisis which could bring down its coalition government if the UN tribunal investigating…

London—The newly elected general supervisor of Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood, Riyadh al-Shaqfa, has announced that the truce that had existed between…

Jerusalem--Israeli military forces underestimated the threat on a Gaza-bound ship in May and did not know enough about the Turkish…

Moscow--Russia's deadly summer heatwave could wipe up to US$14 billion off economic growth, economists said on Tuesday, as wildfires raged…

Ramallah, West Bank--US peace envoy George Mitchell had "serious and positive" talks on Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but…

Khartoum--Sudan's former north-south foes began much-delayed talks this week on how to divide wealth and power, with time running out…

Istanbul--Israel should admit sole responsibility for the killing of nine activists during a raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, Turkey's…

Jerusalem--An Israeli man held in Libya since March on suspicion of spying has been freed and was due to arrive…