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One person has been seriously injured after two bombs exploded in the same street in a Tel Aviv suburb.

A suicide bomb attack at a bus stop near Tel Aviv has killed two people and injured 20 more.

Israel is blaming the Palestinian Authority for a suicide bomb attack at a bus stop near Tel Aviv which killed two people.

A suicide bomber killed himself and another man on Sunday in an attack at a bus stop outside Tel Aviv that wounded 39 others.

U.S. President George W. Bush called Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Thursday morning to discuss ways to secure peace in the Middle East, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said.

Turkish police have used batons, water cannons and tear gas as violence broke out at a huge demonstration over the country's financial crisis.

The United States is preparing to take a larger role in the Middle East, a senior Western diplomat visiting Syria said Thursday.

A senior Bush administration official has disputed a statement from a senior Western diplomat in Syria that the United States is preparing to take a larger role in the Middle East.

In advance of the release of a U.S. report examining the cause of the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990, an EgyptAir official said Thursday that it is based on speculation and protects the U.S. aircraft industry.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Tuesday it has joined with the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt to form the first U.S.-Egypt business partnership to advance import-export opportunities.

Israel's strike on a Syrian target inside Lebanon has prompted concerns from European countries.

A pipe bomb exploded Sunday near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, according to the Israeli army. There were no reports of injuries.

An explosion went off Sunday near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, according to the Israeli army. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Violence continued in the Middle East despite a round of telephone diplomacy orchestrated by the United States.

Israeli troops in Gaza have fired at a convoy carrying three top Palestinian security chiefs from peace talks with their Israeli counterparts.

A heavy exchange of gunfire between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers was reported near Ramallah on Friday, one of three West Bank towns where shooting between the two sides occurred.

Ceremonies are being held around the world to commemorate thevictims of the Nazi Holocaust.

More than 1,000 Jewish youths from around the world have followed the footsteps of Auschwitz victims from the death camp's main gate, to the ruins of the Nazi gas chambers.

At least 10 members of an opposition group have been arrested in Iran.

Violence in the Middle East continued Monday as Israel fired missiles at a pickup truck, killing an Islamic Jihad activist at Rafah near the Egyptian border in Gaza.

Israel's Ministry of Housing said Thursday it is allowing 708 new housing units to be built in the West Bank, as Israeli-Palestinian fighting claimed the life of a 15-year-old Palestinian.

Israeli authorities arrested six members of Yasser Arafat's police guard Sunday as Israelis and Palestinians buried children killed in recent clashes.

The Israeli air force has fired on Syrian targets positioned in Lebanon, Israeli and Lebanese officials said.

The Israeli Army on Tuesday began withdrawing from the small northeastern corner of Gaza that it had reoccupied less than 24 hours before.

Israeli troops have destroyed a police post in a 90-minute foray into the Palestinian-controlled area of Gaza.

An explosion has injured people near a bus stop at a town just outside Tel Aviv.

An Israeli strike on a Syrian radar station inside Lebanon was a dangerous escalation of Mideast violence, the Syrian government said Monday.

Funerals were held Sunday for two young victims of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, while politicians on both sides spoke out about the arrest of six Palestinian guards by Israeli troops.

Funerals were held Sunday for two young victims of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, while politicians on both sides spoke out about the arrest of six Palestinian guards by Israeli troops.

Israeli riot police stepped into a disputed east Jerusalem shrine on Friday to quell a stone-throwing demonstration by Muslims leaving a mosque after noon prayers.

Israelis lit bonfires and fireworks on Thursday, marking the 53rd anniversary of the founding of Israel.

An Israeli reserve soldier has been killed in an exchange of gunfire with Palestinians after the burial of two young victims of Mideast violence.

Israeli mortar shells hit Gaza on Wednesday as Israeli and Palestinian officials met in Greece for what the top Palestinian negotiator said was a frank, difficult exchange of views.

Israeli forces carried out a pinpoint operation that destroyed a Palestinian police post in southern Gaza on Wednesday, saying the target was a source of gunfire on Israelis.

Israeli troops crossed the border into southern Gaza on Wednesday, destroying a Palestinian border police outpost, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials.

Israel went on the offensive against guerrilla attacks Monday, twice striking sites in Palestinian-controlled Gaza and also attacking a Syrian radar position in Lebanon.

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A senior member of the militant Palestinian group Islamic Jihad died in an Israeli helicopter attack Monday, Palestinian security officials said.

Mortars have been fired at Israeli targets in Gaza hours after troops were withdrawn from Palestinian-controlled territory, according to the Israeli army.

The Israeli army has begun dismantling roadblocks inside Gaza that divided the area into three and severely restricted Palestinian movement.

Israel said Monday it had made 3,200 visas available for Palestinians to return to their jobs in Israel, hoping to ease economic hardships caused by roadblocks and border closures in West Bank and Gaza.

Israeli and Palestinian security officials met at Erez Crossing checkpoint Saturday night in further efforts to reduce the violence in the region.

Israel has launched air, land and sea strikes on Gaza in the most intensive raids of the seven months of violence.

After a series of intense raids by Israel in Gaza, the Israeli Army late Tuesday said its troops were pulling out of a small corner of Gaza that it had held less than a day.

Israeli authorities released three members of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's bodyguard Tuesday after concluding they were not involved in attacks on Israel.