Palestinian nun takes step toward sainthood
NAZARETH, Israel (AP) -- A Palestinian nun who co-founded a charity dedicated to educating Arab girls on Sunday took an important step toward sainthood....

Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel....

Egypt's president warns Israel over Jerusalem
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's president on Sunday criticized Israeli construction in east Jerusalem, telling his Israeli counterpart that settlement activity in the disputed sector of the holy city threatens to anger the entire Muslim world....

Gaza militants agree to halt rocket fire
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Hamas announced Saturday evening that it has reached an agreement with other militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks....

Palestinians to set new date for elections
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers maintain they will boycott the voting....

Brazil leader urges freeze on Israeli settlements
SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians....

Hassan Nasrallah re-elected as Hezbollah leader
BEIRUT (AP) -- The militant Hezbollah group announced Thursday that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as the Shiite Muslim group's leader for a sixth term....

Tiny survivor doesn't remember Mumbai attack
KFAR CHABAD, Israel (AP) -- Moshe Holtzberg celebrated his third birthday on Wednesday the way many Jewish children do - he got his first haircut. He appeared not to recall the tragic events of a year ago, when his parents were killed in a terror attack in Mumbai, India....

Hamas-linked group offers cash for Israeli capture
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A Gaza charity headed by the interior minister of the militant Hamas group on Wednesday offered $1.4 million to any Arab citizen of Israel who abducts a soldier....

Obama criticizes new Israeli move on settlements
BEIJING (AP) -- President Barack Obama says Israel's latest move to build hundreds of new apartments in a neighborhood claimed by the Palestinians complicates administration efforts to relaunch peace talks and embitters the Palestinians....