Iraq needs help defending its borders after U.S. troops leave in 2011

Iraq will need U.S. military support for up to another decade to defend its borders because the Iraqi army won't be ready to guard the...

Top Israel military figure cites Gaza flotilla intelligence faults

In the most gripping testimony yet before a commission investigating the deadly commando raid on a Gaza Strip-bound humanitarian aid...

Iran says it will make up for the cutoff of U.S. aid to Lebanon

Iran, reacting to the cutoff of U.S. aid to the Lebanese military, told Lebanese officials Tuesday that it would make up the potential $100-...

A Jerusalem neighborhood's line in the sky

The view from Jerusalem's hilltop Abu Tor neighborhood is pretty good.

Cairo's poor aren't sure how they fit in with redevelopment plans

He kills the rats at night.

U.S. and EU fail to isolate Iran

Efforts by the United States and its European allies to build a united front to halt Iran's nuclear program are facing increasingly bold...

At least 69 killed in weekend bombings, shootings in Iraq

Weekend bombings and shootings in Iraq left at least 69 people dead from the north to the south, intensifying fears of a possible surge of...

Former HHS secretary Donna Shalala detained, questioned for 3 hours at Israeli airport

MIAMI (AP) — A former secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department says she was interrogated at the Ben-Gurion...

Lessons and legacies of Israel's Gaza withdrawal

Five years after then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon embarked on a landmark withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the disengagement continues...

A deal to avert BlackBerry ban could set precedent

A preliminary agreement between the maker of the popular BlackBerry smart phone and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which government...

Iraqi 'deck of cards': No. 54 has been released

The man who ranked 54th in the "deck of cards" of 55 most-wanted members of Saddam Hussein's regime has been freed, family members and Iraqi...

Explosion near Ahmadinejad dismissed as firecracker, but rumors fly

It was first reported as a grenade, then a bomb and finally a harmless firecracker. But whatever was tossed toward Iranian President Mahmoud...

Neighboring countries compete for influence in Iraq

As U.S. troops accelerate their withdrawal from Iraq, a fierce and potentially dangerous struggle to fill the vacuum is gathering pace among...

4 killed as Israel, Lebanon clash

A deadly flare-up of tensions along the Israel- Lebanon border killed four people Tuesday, heightening fears of renewed warfare between...

Despite US optimism, envoy says still no agreement on direct Israel-Palestinian talks

JERUSALEM (AP) — There is still no decision to resume direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, President Barack Obama's envoy...

Obama reaffirms Iraq withdrawal timeline

President Obama affirmed Monday that U.S. combat troops would leave Iraq by the end of August — "as promised and on schedule" &#...

Rocket misses Israeli town, kills 1 in Jordan, authorities say

A rocket apparently aimed at an Israeli resort on the Red Sea landed Monday near a luxury hotel in neighboring Jordan, killing one person...

U.S. comedian faces tough crowd on Middle East tour

Maz Jobrani is in a spot of trouble. His routines about Middle Easterners getting pulled aside by airport security for having Muslim-...

In Iraq, an impasse as U.S. troops draw down

With less than a month to go before the U.S. military completes its drawdown to 50,000 troops and political negotiations still deadlocked,...

Israel to deport hundreds of migrant workers' children

Israel moved Sunday to deport the offspring of hundreds of migrant workers, mostly small children who were born in Israel, speak Hebrew...

UAE restricts BlackBerry use

Citing concerns that terrorists and criminals could exploit telecommunications traffic in the Arab world's financial hub, the United Arab...

The Israel Museum: One for the ages

In the late 1950s, when Teddy Kollek took on the challenge of establishing a major art museum in Jerusalem, he might have been whistling...

Lebanon better able to catch alleged Israeli spies

The chief of Lebanon's domestic security forces had a warning for the Hezbollah commander: "You've been infiltrated."

In Cairo, keeping a musical tradition alive

"Magdi, Magdi," the kid yells, running in off the street.

Israel razes homes in Bedouin village

For the sixth time in a decade, farmer Ismail Mohamed Salem watched Israeli bulldozers raze his home in this disputed Bedouin village.