Cease-fire with Hezbollah impractical
2006-07-21 09:14:29
The United States is holding the line against a quick cease-fire deal in the Middle East, increasingly isolated as world powers and the United Nations are demanding an immediate end.
Germany, Russia working to free Israeli soldiers - paper
2006-07-21 08:35:11
Germany's foreign intelligence agency has been working with Russian counterparts to try to secure the release of two Israeli soldiers held by Hizbollah and another seized by Hamas.
Peres questions Lebanon's casualty toll
2006-07-20 14:09:39
Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres on Wednesday questioned the reported casualty count in Lebanon after days of pounding by Israeli warplanes.
Bombs targets Hizbollah leaders
2006-07-20 09:00:48
Dozens of Israeli warplanes dropped explosives on a Hizbollah bunker in Beirut on Wednesday after intelligence showed senior leaders of the Shi'ite group were there.
US sends warships to Lebanon
2006-07-19 09:19:54
The United States was set to begin a major evacuation of its citizens from Lebanon on Wednesday as thousands of foreigners fled Israeli air strikes any way they could.
Westerners flee Lebanon as fight continues
2006-07-18 08:25:34
Westerners fled by land, sea and air Monday as Israel sent ground troops into Lebanon briefly and Hezbollah rockets knocked down a three-story house in northern Israel.
Iraq civilian toll spikes to 6,000
2006-07-19 08:51:45
Nearly 6,000 civilians were slain across Iraq in May and June, a spike in deaths that coincided with rising sectarian attacks, the UN said.
Car bomb in Iraq's Shi'ite Kufa kills 59
2006-07-18 15:13:30
A car bomb hit a group of labourers after they boarded a minibus in a market in a Shi'ite city in Iraq on Tuesday, killing 59 people and sparking clashes between protesters and police, witnesses and officials said.
Israelis overwhelmingly support army action in Lebanon
2006-07-18 13:29:38
Nearly nine out of 10 Israelis say the army's week-old operation against Hezbollah is justified and nearly 60 percent say Israel should fight until the Lebanese guerrilla group is destroyed.
Israel can end conflict with prisoner swap - Iran
2006-07-17 16:54:02
Israel can end a conflict with Hizbollah in south Lebanon by agreeing to a prisoner exchange, the commander-in-chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday.
Israel opposes international forces in Lebanon
2006-07-17 16:20:38
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is opposed to the deployment of international forces in Lebanon in an effort to end bloodshed in the region, senior officials said Monday.
Israel blasts Beirut's airport, highways
2006-07-14 11:29:29
Israel unleashed a furious military campaign on Lebanon's main airport, highways, military bases and other targets Thursday, retaliating for scores of Hezbollah guerrilla rockets that rained down on Israel and reached as far as Haifa, its third-largest city, for the first time.