John McCain says the troop increase strategies used in Iraq should also be applied to Afghanistan, and that he knows more than Barack Obama about "how to win wars."

Preparing to travel to two countries where U.S. forces are at war, Barack Obama on Tuesday detailed a five-point foreign policy strategy, its top goals being an end to the Iraq war and more troops to fight militants in Afghanistan.

Republican John McCain said Tuesday he knows "how to win wars" and that the strategy of increasing troop levels in Iraq should also be applied to Afghanistan.

U.S.-led operations are having more success in Iraq than in Afghanistan, where a porous border with Pakistan has allowed Islamist extremists to cross into the war zone, President George W. Bush said on Tuesday.

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain sharply criticized the flagging U.S. war effort in Afghanistan on Tuesday and vowed to turn it around if elected, starting with sending more U.S. troops.

By Eyad Jamaleddine, Ya Libnan Volunteer Rejoice fellow Lebanese, last Friday we witnessed the formation of a new government, the deployment of our troops along the Shebaa farm lines and a milestone in cooperation between all factions within our country.

In a letter addressed to the Libyan authorities on 11 July, Amnesty International urged the authorities not to return involuntarily any Eritrean asylum-seekers to their country, where they would be at grave risk of torture and other serious human rights

Embassy places 60 companies on watch list for their poor track records in treating company workers.

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of army recruits northeast of Baghdad today, killing at least 28 people, Iraqi police said.

Tony Blair has cancelled a trip to Gaza in his role as Middle East envoy because of security concerns, a spokeswoman for the former Prime Minister said today.

By Hamza Hendawi Aita al-Shaab - In this dusty village on the front lines of Israel's 2006 war with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed guerrilla group looks as strong as ever

Beirut- The focus in Lebanon is shifting to the prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah. Israeli officials readied five Hezbollah prisoners, including Samir Quntar, for Wednesday's planned exchange, the Jerusalem Post reported. On the other hand Israeli Prime Minister

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday in Paris on the sidelines of a Mediterranean Union launch summit, the official QNA news agency reported. It said the two leaders discussed "efforts

Beirut/ Paris- Syria and Lebanon have agreed to establish diplomatic ties for the first time since their independence in the 1940s, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Saturday on the sidelines of the Summit of the Union for the Mediterranean