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The Israeli army reversed itself Monday and said Palestinian gunmen, not Israeli soldiers, probably killed the 12-year-old boy whose death in a firefight was captured by a TV camera and became a symbol, for Palestinians, of Israel's heavy-handed response to their uprising.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders don't want a war, but they can't exactly afford to sign a peace agreement, either. And it's in the sullen no-man's-land between the two options that Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat are once again tentatively reaching out to each other. But judging from the proposals being floated by the Palestinian Authority right now, the talks both men will hold with President Clinto...

The bombers' timing couldn't have been better. Hours after Israel and the Palestinian Authority began taking tentative steps toward implementing a cease-fire agreement, terrorists detonated a car bomb in a crowded Jerusalem market, killing two Israelis and injuring nine others. The attack dramatically increases the strain on the agreement reached by Yasser Arafat and former Israeli prime minister ...

In the end, the only way forward for Ehud Barak was to go back -- to the electorate, in search of a renewed peace mandate. Facing certain defeat in his efforts to stop Israel's parliament from adopting a motion to force new elections, the Israeli prime minister shocked his opponents by simply calling a new election himself after serving only 18 months of his four-year term. Having failed to coax h...

A two-hour meeting between two Nobel Peace Prize winners has resulted in an agreement to implement a cease-fire in the Mideast, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's office said Thursday.

Alleged Islamic militants facing the death penalty on charges of trying to topple Turkey's secular order said they had fought to spread Islam, but without violence.

Amnesty International said Wednesday that Israeli forces were using excessive force in battles with Palestinians, and that violations of human rights during five weeks of violence could constitute war crimes.

Amid Arab calls to cut ties with Israel, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sounded out Muslim leaders Monday on the chances of reviving the Middle East peace process.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Iraqi Vice-President Ezzat Ibrahim are due to discuss deadlocked efforts to ease a decade of sanctions on Iraq, U.N. and Iraqi officials said on Monday.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met Iraqi Vice-President Ezzat Ibrahim Monday to discuss deadlocked efforts to ease a decade of international sanctions against Baghdad.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he plans to talk to Iraqi leaders at an upcoming Islamic summit about breaking a two-year impasse on returning U.N. weapons inspectors to Iraq.

The year-old baby wailed as a doctor gingerly treated burns covering her face. Thara Abu-Hussein was the youngest victim of a car bomb Israel says was planted by Arab extremists. She is also Arab.

Arab governments pledged millions of dollars to the Palestinian territories Thursday, to help Palestinians suffering from the violence there.

Arab finance ministers met on Thursday to discuss how to supply and disburse $1 billion in funds promised at last month's Arab summit to support Palestinians in their uprising against Israel.

A summit of leading Arab women on Saturday denounced Israeli violence against Palestinian women and children.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has told the U.S. he wants to revive the stalled Middle East peace process, Israel's Foreign Minister says.

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has arrived in Moscow saying he is

Violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians continued overnight in the West Bank while Israeli authorities said they would not retaliate for a Palestinian car bombing which killed two Israelis.

Violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians continued overnight in the West Bank while Israeli authorities said they would not retaliate for a Palestinian car bombing which killed two Israelis.

Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat said on Friday he was doing his utmost to stop gunmen shooting at Israelis from areas under full Palestinian control.

Diplomacy moved to the forefront of the Middle East crisis today, as separate meetings were planned between Israeli, Palestinian, German and U.S. leaders.

The Israeli army, battling a Palestinian revolt in the West Bank and Gaza, came under attack in the Lebanese border area as Prime Minister Ehud Barak tried to enlist Egypt's help in peace negotiations.

Following a security Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak warned of 'difficult consequences' if Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat fails to curb continued violence in Gaza and the West Bank.

Thousands of people demonstrated in southern Syria on Tuesday to protest the killing of a farmer by bedouin shepherds.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the Lebanese government Wednesday to take

A Belgian national has been arrested in Iran on spying charges, the official news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabian dissident Osama bin Laden has denied links to an attack on the USS Cole which killed 17 sailors in October and ties with an Islamist group arrested in Kuwait for plotting to blow up U.S. targets in the Gulf.

Bowing to Iranian and Saudi pressure, Qatar announced Thursday it has decided to shut down an Israeli trade mission in Doha.

A group of British peace activists flew into Baghdad on Friday after chartering a Hungarian plane and flying out of a British airport under the cover of darkness, becoming the first flight from Britain in a decade.

A British man was killed and his wife injured by an explosion as they drove through the Saudi capital's commercial centre.

Saudi officials say they believe a car bomb attack in Riyadh that injured three Britons was personally motivated, rather than political.

The German construction company that built Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's personal bunker said on Thursday it had completed work on a new Israeli embassy in Berlin.

The incoming Palestinian Airlines plane was 15 minutes from touchdown when Israel abruptly closed the Gaza Strip airport last week, forcing the plane to divert to neighboring Egypt.

Heavy rain in Cairo this week damaged one of Egypt's oldest and best-known churches which dates back to the Roman era, its Coptic Christian bishop said.

With appeals to boycott McDonald's and other U.S. products, Gulf Arabs are urging consumers to punish America for supposedly favoring Israel over the Palestinians.

Egyptians began fasting on Monday, the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid signs that the belts of the faithful may stay tighter than usual this year.

Two main suspects in the bombing of the USS Cole soon will be charged with carrying out the attack and threatening state security and could be sentenced to death if convicted, a Yemeni source close to the investigation said Sunday.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin offered mild support to Iraq on Tuesday for ending a decade of U.N. sanctions but said Baghdad also needs to do more, official media said.

Defense Secretary William Cohen met with Kuwait's leaders Sunday, in part to discuss terrorism in a country that is holding at least six suspected terrorists accused of plotting attacks against the United States and other western forces here.

U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen held talks with King Abdullah of Jordan on Tuesday on the escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians and said it was

Last month's deadly USS Cole attack was masterminded by an Arab man who telephoned the bombers from the United Arab Emirates, a source close to the investigation said Sunday.

The Israeli army, battling a Palestinian revolt in the West Bank and Gaza, came under attack in the Lebanese border area as Prime Minister Ehud Barak tried to enlist Egypt's help in peace negotiations.

Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah said Friday that Saudi Arabia was ready to work with oil consumers for a stable oil market and, with OPEC, was ready to boost oil output if needed by the market.