Middle-East

HERZLIYA, Israel:  Israel is primed for a war on Iran, a deputy to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, in a rare break with his government's

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a textile factory Monday in a crowd that gathered after two car bombings at the same spot in the worst of a ser

BAGHDAD: Iraq's parliamentary election results have not changed significantly as the result of a recount of 2.5 million ballots that has now reached the hal

GAZA CITY: Ismail Haniya, the head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, has twice written letters to US President Barack Obama carrying suggestions to achi

KHARTOUM: A Sudanese newspaper editor went on trial on Sunday charged with publishing false news undermining the dignity of the state, an offense punishable by u

RAMALLAH, West Bank: Chief Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat said Sunday that proximity talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel have formally s

VIENNA: Israel's secretive nuclear activities may undergo unprecedented scrutiny next month, with a key meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency te

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: About 40 women in tracksuits and headscarves have competed in a rare track meet in Hamas-ruled Gaza. The athletes ran 10

BEIRUT: Lebanese cooks have whipped up more than ten metric tons of hummus, breaking a world record previously held by rival Israel. The gigant

TEHRAN: Iranian naval forces intervened to repel pirates attacking a commercial ship from the Islamic Republic in the Gulf of Aden, the semi-official Fars News A