AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday as part of a Mideast tour trying to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.He was expected to.. READ MORE

AFP - Egypt denied on Tuesday a report in an Israeli newspaper that President Hosni Mubarak had told European ministers on a peace mission that Hamas must not be allowed to win the .. READ MORE

AFP - World leaders hardened their rhetoric and expressed mounting concern about the impact on civilians of the fighting in Gaza Monday, as Israel rejected diplomatic efforts to bri.. READ MORE

AFP - The UN Security Council was to meet again Tuesday to weigh an Arab call for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict in the Gaza Strip and for protection of Palestinian civilian.. READ MORE

January 6, 2009, ABU DHABI - Two major UAE English dailies today commented on the raging Israeli military aggression on Gaza and wondered if the Arab and the international community, in general, wi.. READ MORE

AFP - Around 9,000 Sunni militia from restive Diyala province who have helped the United States battle Al-Qaeda will now take their payments from the Iraqi government, the US milita.. READ MORE

AFP - The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rebuffed appeals to stop the death toll from mounting .. READ MORE

January 6, 2009, ABU DHABI - The Israeli military operation and heavy bombardment of the Gaza Strip, which entered its ninth day, with an Israeli military ground operation, has aggravated the human.. READ MORE

AFP - People wounded in fighting in the Gaza Strip are dying because ambulances cannot reach them, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday."The situation is ex.. READ MORE

AFP - People wounded in fighting in the Gaza Strip are dying because ambulances cannot reach them, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday."The situation is ex.. READ MORE

AFP - The UN Security Council will hold a ministerial meeting Tuesday to discuss an Arab call for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict in the Gaza Strip and for protection of Pale.. READ MORE

AFP - Lebanon will hold parliamentary elections on June 7, the interior ministry announced on Monday."The ministry of interior announces the promulgation of a decree calling on.. READ MORE

AFP - An EU mission seeking to broker an end to Israel's Gaza onslaught held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday ahead of a similar visit by French President Nicol.. READ MORE

AFP - Political parties in Bahrain accused the interior ministry on Sunday of infringing religious freedoms after it prevented a Shiite cleric from speaking at a mosque.The five pol.. READ MORE

AFP - Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Monday settling the Arab-Israeli conflict on the basis of a two-state solution was no longer workable and suggested.. READ MORE

AFP - Israeli troops have partially surrounded Gaza City, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday as the Jewish state pressed on with a ground offensive in the Hamas-run enclave... READ MORE