At start of three-day visit, PA president meets Japanese PM to discuss bilateral relations

Polls indicate PM's Liberal Party could lose to the rival Conservatives, or fail to achieve a majority and be forced to rely on an opposition party to remain in power

Hundreds of men, women and children flock to Beirut's Martyrs' Square to pick up trash following massive demonstrations against the government

Moscow official confirms the leaders talked about a potential resolution for Naama Issachar's case during their Monday phone call

Presence of Foreign Ministry official at meeting in Manama on maritime, civil aviation security marks latest sign of warming ties between Israel and some Arab states

Tentative agreement comes hours ahead of federal trial with allegations that distributors failed to stop suspicious orders of drugs from being shipped despite warnings of misuse

FM Zarif says he hopes to hear 'good news' soon, as Tehran angles for deal with Washington despite recent tensions

Cyber pirates believed to have ties to Kremlin hijacked tools of organizations in Islamic Republic to hide their true identities; UK official calls attack unprecedented

Amir Peretz says repeated attacks by Jewish extremists must be 'nipped in the bud,' calling the response by Netanyahu and the government 'weak'

Prosecutors have a month to present their case to judges, who will then decide when to try the 14 people currently held in connection to the jihadist rampage that killed 130