GAZA - Israel plans to halt its Gaza offensive without any deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said on Saturday, in an apparent effort to deny the Islamist group any gains from the three-week-old con...
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak says Palestinian militant group Hamas has suffered a "hard blow", but insists the offensive in Gaza will continue. We still haven't reached o...
A Saddam Hussein house of horrors museum is set to open in the New Year in Baghdad, it emerged today – the second anniversary of the dictator’s hanging. The exhibition includes a man-sh...
Israel today vowed ‘war to the bitter end’ with Hamas as it stepped up its bombardment of the Gaza strip. Defence minister Ehud Barak said there would be no let-up until the Islamist grou...
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A man identified as an Iraqi journalist threw shoes at -- but missed -- President Bush during a news conference Sunday evening in Baghdad, where Bush was making a farewell visit. Bus...
A Tehran news weekly was shut down by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last week after featuring President-elect Barack Obama on its front cover and asking the question, "Why doesn't Ira...
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered his congratulations to Barack Obama on his presidential win. It is the first official message of goodwill presented to an American leader by the Isl...
Iran will hit Tel Aviv, U.S. shipping in the Gulf and American interests around the world if it is attacked over its disputed nuclear activities, an aide to Iran's Supreme Leader was quoted as say...
