Beirut - Controversy continues between Christian rivals Samir Geagea and Suleiman Franjieh. Michel Aoun denies that his trip to Iran was to raise money for his party's 2009 election campaign.

Beirut - The New York Times reported on Saturday that the United States was providing light arms and new equipment to the Lebanese army, in keeping with its policy of supporting the Lebanese government.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fallen ill due to exhaustion brought on by his heavy workload, the state-run news agency reported quoting a close associate.

Syria's government says U.S. military helicopters have attacked an area along Syria's border with Iraq, killing eight people.

Soldiers on Sunday freed a Colombian lawmaker who'd been held byleftist guerrillas for eight years in the first such hostage rescuesince the July liberation of Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. militarycontractors.

Blackwater Worldwide and other private security firms -- some with a reputation for being quick on the trigger in Iraq -- are joining the battle against pirates plaguing one of the world's most important shipping lanes off the coast of

Back in the city where he claimed history, Barack Obama presided Sundayover a Colorado rally so enormous and energetic that even he seemedsurprised at his following.

Republican John McCain said Sunday that one-third of the $150,000 thatthe GOP spent on clothing and accessories for his running mate, AlaskaGov. Sarah Palin, and her family, "is given back."

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are offering very different proposals for how to improve our health care system. What changes can Americans look forward to, particularly for those who are not insured?

The United Nations was established, in the aftermath of a devastating war, to help stabilize international relations and give peace a more secure foundation. Amid the threat of nuclear war and seemingly endless regional conflicts, peacekeeping has become an overriding

Iran's Parliament will move in November to impeach Interior Minister Ali Kordan for "dishonesty" after he confessed to holding a fake Oxford University degree, the ISNA news agency said on Sunday. "Kordan will face an impeachment vote on November 4,"

Iran is arming "freedom armies" in the Middle East, according to a top commander of the country's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) quoted on Sunday by a military Web site. "Today, not only our armed forces are self-sufficient but

Autocracy in the Arab world is being bolstered by oil wealth and the instability caused by frequent conflicts in the Middle East, researchers have found after conducting a comprehensive two-year study of countries in the region.Academics met at the American

The United States is supplying only light arms and other equipment to the Lebanese Armed Forces, in accordance with its policy of supporting the Lebanese government, The New York Times says. The report said Pentagon and State Department officials were

A senior Israeli military official on Sunday repeated frequent accusations that Syria is arming Hizbullah in violation of a UN Security Council resolution which ended the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon. "Syria has become Hizbullah's arms warehouse," military intelligence

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday denied an Iraqi website report that he had been poisoned and then saved by Iranian doctors, calling it "psychological warfare" against his group. "This information is totally unfounded," the head of the resistance

Egypt's deputy intelligence chief arrived in Beirut over the weekend as Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was preparing to head on an official visit to Cairo on Monday. General Omar Qinawy visited President Michel Sleiman at Baabda Palace on Sunday, relaying

Pakistani troops Sunday killed 11 Taliban militants in separate clashes in a tribal region, while 10 more died in a gunbattle with locals in the restive Swat valley, officials said. The clashes in Bajaur region, which borders Afghanistan, came a