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Amman--A spate of attacks targeting Christians in Iraq has forced many to flee to neighbouring Jordan which many see as…

Riyadh--Saudi King Abdullah is to be treated in the United States for a back problem, with ailing Crown Prince Sultan…

Jerusalem--Israel's security cabinet on Wednesday backed plans to withdraw troops from part of a disputed village on the Lebanese border…

Egyptian police have rounded up about 600 Muslim Brotherhood members ahead of this month's parliamentary election and some 250 are…

Juba--South Sudan president Salva Kiir appealed to southerners to sign up en masse as registration kicked off Monday for a…

 Egypt is not doing enough to stop arms smuggling into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli intelligence official said…

NEW YORK -- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday as new strains…

Cairo--Egypt's antiquities council said on Wednesday that New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has agreed to send back treasures believed…

Dushanbe--Tajikistan on Tuesday said it had successfully repatriated more than 100 students who had been studying illegally in Egypt as…