IRAQI members of parliament failed to reach agreement on a much-delayed local elections bill today amid persistent disagreement over the disputed northern oil province of Kirkuk
ISRAEL sent dozens of Fatah members who had fled clashes in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank today amid concern that others who returned to the Hamas-ruled territory were in mortal danger
A STRING of attacks in Iraq yesterday killed five people and injured at least 28, including two American soldiers blown up in a roadside bombing in the capital Baghdad, officials said
ISRAELI security agents have made entry for dozens of Palestinians from Gaza seeking medical treatment contingent on their agreement to act as informants, a human rights report said today
No one was hurt when this Cessna crash-landed at a busy intersection in western Japan today / AP
