The United States does not accept Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land but believes resuming peace talks is the best way to curb them, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.Clinton, facing Arab criticism over a perceived US

The UN General Assembly debated on Wednesday a resolution that would call on Israel and the Palestinians to investigate charges of war crimes during the Gaza war detailed in a report that has infuriated Israel.The nonbinding resolution on the so-called

Riot police waded in with batons and teargas to break up opposition protests in Tehran on Wednesday, as huge crowds staged a noisy anti-US rally nearby to mark the storming of the American Embassy by students 30 years ago.Witnesses said

Air raids may no longer target the highlands of central Sudan, but heads still turn sharply to scan the skies at the sound of an airplane engine overhead.The Nuba Mountains - once a key enclave of rebels battling the government

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will visit Turkey next week for the first time since an international court asked for his arrest, government sources said, in a test of Ankara's support for international justice.Predominantly Muslim Turkey has not ratified the 2002

Alleged armed infiltrators from Yemen killed one Saudi soldier and wounded another 11 in an attack near the country's southern border, Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday.The attack took place early on Tuesday in the mountainous border region of Jabal al-Dukhan,

Russia on Wednesday marked its new annual day of national unity, established under strongman leader Vladimir Putin, with nationalist demonstrations that included rallies by far-right extremists.The November 4 Day of National Unity has been celebrated since 2005 when Russia's then

Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters Wednesday in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan.The soldiers were fighting street by street through the mountainous

Technocrats and some existing ministers will be appointed to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's new government, a spokesman said on Wednesday, but his main rival branded his re-election illegal and ruled out taking any part.Karzai, who returned to power after a