Pope Benedict XVI on Monday said the Vatican hopes the recent de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations would spur the international community to find a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. "It is hoped that (the resoluti
Egyptian Administrative State Council's Judges Club announced on Monday its boycott to oversee the second round of the country’s constitutional referendum scheduled for Dec. 22, Al Arabiya TV reported. Early December, however, the judges club acc
Israel says it is pushing forward with plans to build hundreds of homes in a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem. An Interior Ministry committee on Monday gave intermediate approval to the construction of 1,500 housing units in the Rama
NATO’s secretary-general on Monday rejected charges by Iran’s armed forces chief that the Western alliance was risking a world war with plans to put Patriot anti-missile systems near Turkey's border with Syria, saying the move was purely defensiv
FIFA says Mohamed Bin Hammam resigned from all football-related positions and has been banned for life, following a long-drawn dispute over corruption allegations against the executive committee member. FIFA said Monday that it has rece
A wave of attacks targeting both Iraqi security forces and civilians killed 48 people on Monday, in a second day of deadly violence ahead of the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US forces. Monday was the deadliest day in Iraq since No
The United States on Monday named former Lebanese information minister Michel Samaha a “specially designated global terrorist” for allegedly aiding the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to launch attacks in Lebanon. Samaha was
Three-quarters of Israelis see social and economic collapse in the Jewish state as more of a threat than Iran’s disputed nuclear programm, a charity said on Monday. In its Alternative Poverty Report for 2012, food charity Latet -- Hebrew