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IsraelNN.com) Somali pirates seized a Greek-owned cargo ship as it sailed through the Gulf of Aden near Yemen, maritime control authorities in Kenya said.

Gabi Ashkenazi addressed the recent rash of Kfir Brigade protests against settlement evacuations, by declaring that "there is no room for insubordination in the IDF." Ashkenazi, during a visit Sunday to the Tel Hashomer military absorption center, along with members...

Israel appeared to edge closer to choosing a new attorney-general on Sunday as the cabinet approved the initiative of Defense Minister Ehud Barak that Menahem Mazuz's successor be chosen from the four candidates who were each recommended by three members...

Lee Westwood claimed an emphatic victory in the Dubai World Championship on Sunday to end the season as Europe's number one for the second time. Westwood shot a course record 64 to finish on 23 under par and win by...

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad   Photo: Reuters Palestinian prime minister says during ceremony in Nablus-area refugee camp, 'Our goal is to stop occupation of all territories occupied in 1967 and to establish independent state on this territory' Ali Waked...

Who have paid no attention whatsoever to a week of violence between Algerians and Egyptians that included stonings and death threats, are up in arms over the building of 900 housing units in the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem. The Obama...

Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Sunday that three Saudi soldiers were killed and an unidentified number of others wounded in an attack by Yemeni "infiltrators.” The soldiers died on Saturday in an attack by "dozens" of infiltrators in the...

At the close of racing on day two of the Extreme Sailing Series Asia in Hong Kong both Oman teams held on to the top three positions. Masirah kept the top spot although sharing it with Team BT on equal...

Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip overnight wounded eight Palestinians, one of them seriously, medics said today. Five people were wounded, including the one seriously, in a raid carried out on smuggling tunnels near the southern town of...

Iraqi MPs will meet again on Sunday to try to break the deadlock on a stalled electoral law, which has left the country's planned January general election in doubt. "The vote is postponed until tomorrow," parliament speaker Iyad al-Samarrai told...