A Lebanese military court has convicted eight men of plotting to attack UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, a court official said Saturday. Three Palestinians tried in absentia were sentenced to life in prison and five Lebanese in custody were each

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir on Sunday thanked all those who had understood and defended his stances regarding Lebanon's recent parliamentary elections. "We thanked all those who expressed their sympathy and denounced all that was said against us," Sfeir said during

BEIRUT: The Israeli Army is routinely flouting United Nations law by violating Lebanese territory over land, sea and air, according to the UN Permanent Representative of Lebanon.A letter to the UN's General Assembly Security Council, signed by Ambassador Nawaf Salam,

Future Movement MP Hadi Hobeich said on Sunday that while he did not want to see foreign intervention in Lebanon's domestic affairs, he expected a Syrian-Saudi agreement would reflect positively on Lebanon. "We want to have the best relations with

Serving Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi told NBN television on Sunday that he was all with expanding the political alliances of the Democratic Gathering parliamentary bloc. "Why not expand and develop alliances if the right political circumstances apply?"

Residents of the town hit by Iraq's bloodiest attack in 16 months searched for their loved ones on Sunday after a massive truck bombing killed 72 people and destroyed dozens of houses. Saturday's attack in the predominantly Shiite Turkmen town

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday that more needs to be done for the creation of a Palestinian state, including Arab recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Barak was speaking after talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,

Iraqi taxi driver Haitham Nief is looking forward to the partial pull out of US combat troops this month from the northern city of Mosul and elsewhere. Mosul remains one of the most violent places in Iraq, but Nief says

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed with Syrian President Bashar Assad Saturday efforts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation. "We agree with Syria that the dialogue should succeed," Abbas's aide Nabil Abu Rdainah told reporters.

Gunfire rang out in Tehran late on Sunday and pro-reform clerics stepped up criticism of Iran's authorities after more than a week of unprecedented popular defiance against the leadership of the Islamic Republic. "I heard repeated shootings while people were

Tensions in Iran have added to risks facing the world economy and underline the need for strengthening the global financial system, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Sunday. "Any additional geo-strategic tension is obviously an extra risk for

French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde held talks Sunday with Kuwaiti officials over the Gulf state's plan to set up a civilian nuclear project to produce power. Lagarde told a press conference that during meetings with Kuwait's emir, crown prince and

Iran spent nearly twice as much on US imports during President Barack Obama's first months in office as it did during the same period in 2008, showing that despite trade penalties and tense relations, the two countries are still doing

It's a difficult balancing act. Where some economists see "green shoots" of a recovery others see only yellow weeds of continuing recession. It's hard to know for sure whether things are getting better or worse. President Harry S. Truman whimsically

China has been driving up commodities prices by stockpiling to prepare for global recovery, but with inventories overflowing and no end to the crisis in sight, analysts say the rally may soon end. China has been buying up crude oil,

Last week's meeting between Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Walid Jumblatt could not have come at a better time for Lebanon. After four years of instability, Lebanon is thankfully now experiencing a period of calm, and the meeting between the two

Greece ramped up the pressure on Britain to return priceless statues from antiquity taken over 200 years ago, in a speech at Saturday's grand opening of the new Acropolis Museum. President Carolos Papoulias reiterated his country's longstanding call for the

The Danish cartoon controversy that ignited in 2005 was unfortunate for reasons unconnected to sales in Lurpak, the Danish butter that's ubiquitous in grocery stores hereabouts. The caricatures and the regrettable reactions they provoked among some Muslims and Christians became,

Performing against a backdrop of spectacularly old ruins, Canadian folksinger Loreena McKennitt and her seven-person ensemble couldn't look more at home. As she strummed away at a large harp in Goth-esque black attire, McKennitt transported her audience to a wholly

Fiddling with mobile phones, chain smoking and sitting around: enforced idleness is the burden of almost every single resident in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Their abysmal situation is the focus of a new film, "A Sip of Coffee,"