ISRAEL and Hezbollah have signed a UN-mediated prisoner exchange deal and the date for the swap will be settled this week, a Lebanese political source and the Israeli prime minister`s office said today
SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has told a French newspaper his country is unlikely to enter direct peace talks with Israel while US President George W. Bush is in office
ISRAELI soldiers today wounded at least 10 Palestinians in a West Bank town as they attempted to stifle protests against a separation barrier, residents said
THE United Arab Emirates has cancelled almost $US7 billion ($7.3 billion) of debt, including interest and arrears payments, owed by Baghdad, becoming the first Gulf Arab country to forgive all of Iraq`s debt
