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Israeli and U.S. troops have begun a joint military exercise to test Patriot missiles, which were used to intercept Iraqi Scud missiles during the 1991 Gulf War.

CNN's Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour answers questions about the Israeli election result, and its impact on the future of the Middle East peace process.

Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak is working on a last-minute summit with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the run-up to next week's election.

Israel's prime minister elect Areil Sharon is continuing his attempts to form a coalition government in a meeting with beaten rival Ehud Barak.

One of five Britons accused of smuggling drugs into the United Arab Emirates has told a court she brought cocaine and hashish into the country.

At least 25 people have been injured, three seriously, after a bus drove into a queue of Israeli military and civilians on the southern outskirts of Tel Aviv.

A bus driven by a Palestinian has plowed into a bus queue of Israeli military and civilians killing at least nine people and injuring 14 others.

U.S. President George W. Bush called Friday's attack on Iraqi radar sites 'a routine mission to enforce the no-fly zone.'

Israeli authorities report a car bombing in Jerusalem on Thursday.

Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak is working on a last-minute summit with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the run-up to next week's election.

CNN Correspondent Christiane Amanpour, who covered the Persian Gulf War extensively during the conflict, has returned to Kuwait with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, former President George Bush and retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf to mark the 10th anniversary of their victory in driving Iraqi troops out of Kuwait.

CNN Correspondent Jane Arraf has been in the streets of Baghdad, monitoring reaction to the U.S.-led airstrike on targets around the Iraqi capital.

CNN's Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour answers questions about the Israeli election result, and its impact on the future of the Middle East peace process.

Avner Azulay has friends in high places -- friends in the United States and Israel who lent their support for the effort to win a presidential pardon for fugitive financier Marc Rich.

Israel's left-leaning Labor Party, in disarray since its prime minister was trounced at the polls earlier this month, considered on Monday an offer from Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon to form a coalition government with his right-wing Likud party.

Iraq says Western planes have resumed patrols over the country amid continuing criticism of the U.S. and Britain over Friday's raids on Baghdad.

Saudi Arabian television showed a Briton, a Belgian, and a Canadian confessing to two bombings in the kingdom which killed one Briton and injured several other people.

Since the end of the Cold War, no issue has bedeviled and divided the 15 nations of the United Nations Security Council as much as Iraq.

Funerals will continue Thursday for the victims of a transit bus driven by a Palestinian that plowed into a bus stop near Tel Aviv Wednesday morning and claimed eight lives.

The U.S. State Department's report on human rights practices cast both the Israelis and the Palestinians in a less-than-stellar light. Israelis bristled at the charges leveled against them in the report, while the Palestinians called for an even closer look at Israeli practices.

Plans for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to join a unity government under the country's new leader received fresh opposition Sunday from Barak's Labor Party.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is due to present evidence he says will refute the verdict in the Lockerbie trial.

The head of the Marc Rich Foundation said Tuesday that former U.S. President Bill Clinton's pardon of Rich is justified and he doesn't understand the uproar over it.

Yemeni tribesmen released the son of a military official on Thursday, three days after kidnapping him over a financial dispute, a security official said.

A Palestinian driver for Israel's largest transit company plowed his bus into a bus stop near Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning, killing eight people.

Iraq says Western planes have resumed patrols over the country amid continuing criticism of the U.S. and Britain over Friday's raids on Baghdad.

Minister says U.S. plan to ease sanctions 'stupid'

Air strikes on Iraqi targets by U.S. and UK warplanes have been vigorously condemned by the Baghdad press.

Iraq reported firing on U.S. and British warplanes Sunday, two days after air raids aimed at punishing it for threatening planes enforcing no-fly zones over its territory.

After a highly emotional debate, Israel's moderate Labor Party voted Monday to join with hard-line Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon to form a unity government.

Israel's prime minister-elect Ariel Sharon is set to meet Ehud Barak in Jerusalem, the man he defeated in last week's election, for coalition talks.

Israel's prime minister-elect Ariel Sharon is set to meet Ehud Barak in Jerusalem, the man he defeated in last week's election, for coalition talks.

A unity government is close to being formed in Israel, with out-going prime minister Ehud Barak set to take up the post of defense minister.

A Palestinian was killed by Israeli troops overnight, a day after eight Israelis were killed in a hit-and-run bus attack outside Tel Aviv.

After a highly emotional debate, Israel's moderate Labor Party voted Monday to join with hard-line Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon to form a unity government.

A top Israeli official defended a deadly helicopter mission inside Gaza on Tuesday as a defensive act and a blow against terrorism, but Palestinian officials countered that the attack was unnecessary and further evidence of Israel's heavy-handed dealings with them.

A bus driven by a Palestinian has plowed into a group of Israeli military and civilians killing 8 people and injuring 19 others, including three seriously.

Eight people have been killed and 19 injured by a Palestinian hit-and-run bus driver who was then shot by police after a high speed chase.