A Spanish soldier serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was killed on Sunday in a road accident in the south of the country and two fellow soldiers were injured, Lebanese and UNIFIL officials said. The officials

While the electoral districting for the 2009 parliamentary elections based on a slightly modified 1960 electoral framework is more or less known, the broader electoral order will be shaped by parliamentary deliberations regarding the package of reforms put forth by

A federal jury in Ohio convicted two American citizens and a Lebanese man Friday of plotting to attack US troops in Iraq, the US Justice Department said. Mohammad Zaki Amawi, 28, Marwan Othman El-Hindi, 45, and Wassim Mazloum, 27, were

The government of Ireland has allocated $370,000 to fund the medical needs of mothers and babies in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, Ireland's Press Association reported on Sunday. Overseas Development Minister Peter Power announced the aid package for a local

Arab League chief Amr Moussa on Sunday expressed hope that a new national unity government will be formed soon in Lebanon. Moussa spoke to reporters Sunday after talks with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and top leaders from the opposition. The

Two senior French envoys held "constructive" talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday aimed at bolstering diplomatic ties which soured over the crisis in Lebanon. The meeting came ahead of a planned visit next month by Assad to Paris,

The United States and France on Saturday jointly called on Syria to establish "friendly" diplomatic ties with Lebanon. A joint statement following talks in Paris between President George W. Bush and President Nicolas Sarkozy called on the two countries to

The next US president will face tough choices over how to handle terrorist suspects even if the Guantanamo detention camp is closed, as both White House hopefuls have promised, experts say. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain have

President Michel Sleiman paid a surprise visit to his hometown of Amchit on Sunday, 21 days after his election as president. Sleiman opened his visit by laying a wreath on his father's grave at the family plot. He was later

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday threatened to attack Taliban insurgents on Pakistani soil, saying his war-torn country had a right to do so out of "self-defense." The warning came just days after US-led forces carried out an air strike

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has given militiamen in the southern province of Maysan four days to surrender their weapons ahead of a planned military assault in the Shiite bastion. "Those who have heavy and medium weapons, explosives or sniper

In a fresh blow to Iraq's embattled political process, hard-line Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's group said on Sunday it will boycott October elections which Washington sees as critical to stabilizing the country. The decision comes two days after the powerful

US President George W. Bush was greeted with noisy protests Sunday as he headed for talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, while both sides vigorously denied any rift over Iraq. The president's London visit was the penultimate stop on

A joint North-South Sudanese force will deploy in the oil-rich flashpoint of Abyei on Monday in a bid to prevent a repeat of violence last month that forced thousands to flee, the force's commander said. The Joint Integrated Unit of

At least two children in camps for displaced people in Somalia have died in the torrential rains which have pounded the region since the weekend, local elders said Sunday. "Nobody slept in the camps overnight, all the makeshifts are devastated

A Syrian arms dealer pleaded not guilty in a US court late Friday to charges of plotting to kill Americans and trying to sell weapons to a Colombia rebel group. Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox ordered that Monzer al-Kassar, who was

More than two dozen insurgents were killed in Afghanistan as security forces hunted for hundreds of militants who escaped from a prison after a brazen Taliban attack, police said Sunday. Afghan and international troops have been searching for more than