JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli warplanes bombed several sites in southern Gaza overnight in response to rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave, the army and Palestinian medics said on Wednesday. More »
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Taher al-Mazlum is desperate to join the Hamas-run police in the Gaza Strip, not because he agrees with the Islamist group's hardline ideology, but because he needs money to get married. More »
LONDON (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri voiced concern about Israeli threats and escalating military activity in a BBC interview broadcast Wednesday. More »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has rejected a call by the newspaper's ombudsman for the Jerusalem bureau chief of the Times to be reassigned because his son is serving in the Israeli army. More »
NICOSIA (AFP) - Dubai's newly discovered oil field is unlikely to generate the big cash needed to get the debt-ridden emirate out of the doldrums, analysts say, challenging the government's claim that it could inject new life into its ailing economy. More »
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - OPEC member Kuwait is projecting a 22.4 billion dollar budget deficit for the 2010-2011 fiscal year after raising spending by more than 33 percent, according to a draft budget seen on Tuesday. More »
AMMAN (AFP) - At least 10 polling stations are to open in Jordan for Iraqi expatriates to take part in their country's March 7 election, as part of worldwide out-of-country voting, Iraq's ambassador said on Tuesday. More »
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's oil ministry on Tuesday announced the launch of a fourth state company responsible for overseeing development in recently auctioned fields in the centre of the country. More »
DOHA (AFP) - Defending champion Tom Boonen of Belgium sprinted to victory in the third stage of the Tour of Qatar on Tuesday, while Dutchman Wouter Mol held on to the leader's yellow jersey. More »
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli security forces on Tuesday arrested nine Palestinians in a second raid in as many days in a refugee camp in mainly Arab east Jerusalem after youths hurled stones at them. More »
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