The price of oil fell Wednesday as traders digested rising US crude inventories and as profit-taking set in one day after striking a record high point $126.98 per barrel. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for June

Jordan's state security court on Wednesday sentenced to jail three Jordanians for plotting an attack against US President George W. Bush when he visited the kingdom in 2006, a court spokesman said. The three men were sentenced to 15 years

A Syrian computer dealer, whose father had already served a prison sentence for dissent, was jailed for three years by a court of exception last week, a human rights watchdog said on Wednesday. "The state security court sentenced Tareq Biyasi

Visiting US President George W. Bush on Wednesday hailed Israel as a democracy challenged by "terrorists" just before a rocket slammed into a shopping mall in the south of the country after Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip killed four

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and predecessor Romano Prodi may testify in the Milan trial of 26 CIA officers accused of kidnapping an Egyptian imam, a judge decided Wednesday. Judge Oscar Magi accepted defense lawyers' arguments that Prodi and Berlusconi

A French court on Wednesday handed down jail sentences to seven men convicted of running a network that recruited poor Muslims in Paris to fight in the Iraqi insurgency. Tracked down and arrested after a young Frenchman was found dead

At least 18 people were killed and 35 wounded in a suicide bombing on Wednesday at a funeral vigil just west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, security officials said. "One man detonated his explosives in front the mourners," a security

Lebanon's tourism sector was dealt another setback after the opposition closed all roads leading to Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport, Tourism Minister Joe Sarkis said on Wednesday. "We are missing a lot of opportunities to attract tourists to Lebanon. First

Iran presented Wednesday proposals to tackle "global challenges" in a bid to seize the diplomatic initiative as world powers argue over the best way to convince Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment. The proposals on ways to deal with terrorism, weapons

Palestinians expressed outrage on Wednesday as US President George W. Bush began a visit to Israel on the eve of their commemoration of the Nakba ("catastrophe") that followed the birth of the Jewish state. Bush will address Israel's Knesset on

Barack Obama has renewed his momentum, with more Democratic leaders drifting to the White House front-runner's camp Wednesday despite his pummeling by Hillary Clinton in the West Virginia primary. The former first lady routed the Illinois senator by 67 to

The Global Humanitarian Platform, created in July 2006, brings together UN and non-UN humanitarian organizations on an equal footing. Striving to enhance the effectiveness of humanitarian action, based on an ethical obligation and accountability to the populations we serve, Acknowledging

Riyadh - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal warned on Tuesday that Iran's relations with the Arab world would be affected as a result of Tehran's support for what he described as a "coup" in Lebanon by Hezbollah.

By: Randa Takieddine Beirut - Is Lebanon now promised a new phase of oppression and the imposition of a single point of view, after the Mustaqbal (Future Movement) media institutions were stormed, as we saw in the last few days?

By Elizabeth Naser, Ya Libnan Volunteer With over 62 dead and 200 injured from both camps, the question that asks itself is are the March 8 and 14 political camps an asset or a liability for Lebanon?

By Ghassan Karam, Special to Ya Libnan "Things are never what they seem" said the Queen in Through the Looking Glass and Alice in Wonderland. That was true then as it is true know especially in the current Lebanese conflagration.

Beirut - The pro-government Future TV station, forced off the air by opposition gunmen last week, resumed broadcasting on Tuesday with footage of violence from Beirut and a fiery speech by its owner Saad al-Hariri.

Beirut - Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman has reportedly told his officers that Lebanon experienced a civil war that no regular force could contain.