Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday used a speech honoring slain premier Yitzhak Rabin to urge Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to stay in power despite frustrations over the peace process.
"We both signed the Oslo accords and I address myself to you (Abbas) as a colleague would: Don't give up,"...More
Peres was giving a speech honoring slain premier Yitzhak Rabin who was killed in 1995 (File)
A Tunisian court has sentenced eight men to up to 12 years in jail on charges of belonging to a terrorist cell, a defense lawyer said on Saturday.
Three received 12-year terms and five were imprisoned for between three and six years, Anouar Kousri told...More
Saudi Arabia began vaccinating its population against swine flu on Saturday, with priority going to government employees working on the annual hajj pilgrimage that takes place later this month.
Health ministry officials were the first to receive the inoculation against A(H1N1), the official SPA news agency...More
Lebanon's opposition has agreed to a proposed government line-up, Hezbollah said on Saturday, paving the way to the end of five months of tortuous...More
Hundreds of Gaza Palestinians set off for Mecca on Friday for the annual hajj pilgrimage, after bitter rivals Fatah and Hamas set aside their dispute to agree...More
The Saudi authorities on Friday detained 100 Yemeni Houthi rebels who have infiltrated into the kingdom wearing women clothes, as 40 Saudi soldiers have been...More
Israel kept mum on Friday on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's announcement that he will not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is...More
In a move that angered Israel, the U.N. General Assembly voted early on Friday to urge the Jewish state and Palestinians to investigate war crimes charges...More
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting the Islamic Republic's scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear...More
Israel, irked by U.N. censure over its part in a Gaza war, said on Thursday the seizure of an alleged Iranian arms shipment to Hezbollah showed it was...More