RELIEF groups and officials sounded the alarm today over the fate of thousands of people made homeless by sectarian fighting in poverty-stricken areas of the north Lebanese port city
PALESTINIAN security forces in the occupied West Bank today arrested dozens of demonstrators calling for the resurrection of the Islamic caliphate, security officials said
ELEVEN US soldiers were killed in Iraq in July, the lowest monthly toll since the American-led invasion of 2003, according to figures provided by the Pentagon
ISRAEL faces weeks of political turmoil after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he would step down in September in a surprise move that casts a shadow over Middle East peacemaking efforts
Tragic jump ... the family and friends of Australian Ben Cannon, killed in a base jumping accident in a notorious section of the Swiss Alps, have expressed shock and grief over his loss.
