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The U.S. military is preparing for its withdrawal from Iraq, and some equipment is already on the move. The delay in Iraq's national elections, which had been scheduled for January until a political dispute over the election law erupted last...

The High Court of Justice on Tuesday rejected the petition of three bereaved fathers to have the criteria for kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit's prisoner release deal made public. The three-judge panel, headed by Supreme Court President Justice Dorit Beinish, said...

We�d request that you stay at home today,� Al-Naser informed the students and faculty. Sobersaudi.com, a blog run by �Eric,� an engineering student currently enrolled at the university, described being surprised by the extent of the damage from an hours-long...

Barjas Al-Barjas and Richard Gordon in the presence of Kuwaiti Ambassador in Manila Bader Al-Houti. The aid aims to alleviate the adverse impacts of the flash flood that has recently hit the Philippines, Al-Barjas said. On Kuwaiti aid to flood-hit...

Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 As Obama adds troops to Afghanistan, Iraq challenges aren't over Warren P. Iraq _While President Barack Obama prepares to announce that he's sending tens of thousands more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, his problems in Iraq are...

including five policemen and six civilians -- were injured Monday evening when two thermal bombs exploded at the crowded artists' syndicate in Kirkuk's al-Hawijah district. Security forces quickly moved in to cordon off the area and launched an investigation into...

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon may soon receive passports from the Palestinian Authority. Speculation that the Palestinian Authority is planning to issue passports to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon began as embattled Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced plans to raise...

The bodies of eight crew members of a Yemeni airliner that crashed in June are coming home, officials said Tuesday...The crew members and 144 others were killed June 30 when Yemenia Flight 626 plunged into the Indian Ocean, with only...

Confirmed U.S. military wounded (hostile) as of Nov. 30, 2009: 31,572. --Confirmed U.S. military wounded (non-hostile, using medical air transport) as of Oct. 31, 2009: 39,232. --U.S. military deaths for November 2009: 11, one of the lowest monthly death tolls...

Saudi Arabia's escalating war against rebels in neighboring Yemen elevates what had been a local insurrection against Sanaa into a conflict with regional dimensions that could ignite bigger fires in a part of the world that is already staring into...