Mideast Conflict

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Tuesday urged Israel to share Jerusalem with the Palestinians as part of a Middle East peace agreement and make the holy city the capital of two states. Full Story »

GAZA CITY (AFP) - Hospital masks and anti-bacterial hand gel vanished from shelves in the Gaza Strip as fear gripped the besieged Hamas-ruled territory after the first deaths of swine flu. Full Story »

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel says it's treating five suspected swine flu cases from Gaza in hopes of containing an outbreak of the virus in the blockaded Palestinian territory. Full Story »

AIN AL-HELWEH, Lebanon (AFP) - Despite the relative calm of Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps in recent months, experts warn that Islamist groups are still operating within and could strike at any time. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - European Union members should join "responsible nations" in opposing any plan to recognize Arab east Jerusalem as capital of a future Palestinian state, a key US lawmaker said Monday. Full Story »

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he would prefer French rather than Turkish mediation in the event that indirect talks with Syria are revived. Full Story »

BEIRUT (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Monday ruled out permanent resettlement in Lebanon for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees in an apparent bid to quell local concerns. Full Story »

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday warned Lebanon's government that it would be held responsible for any attacks after granting Hezbollah the right to use its arms against Israel. Full Story »

CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit accused Israel on Sunday of stalling on a prisoner swap with Hamas for a captured Israeli soldier by refusing to free certain Palestinian prisoners. Full Story »

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Jewish settlers widened their protests on Sunday against a construction freeze in scattered violence across the West Bank but there was little sign the protests were influencing the Israeli government. Full Story »

RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian Authority on Sunday signed an agreement with the World Bank and other donors for $64 million to help it prepare for statehood. Full Story »

AMMAN (AFP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday urged the European Union to help put a halt to Israeli settlement building in Jerusalem, ahead of an EU foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels. Full Story »

BEIRUT (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's visit to Beirut on Monday casts the spotlight on the plight of nearly 300,000 Palestinians in Lebanon who fear they are doomed to be refugees for life. Full Story »

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed that Israel would resume building in settlements in the occupied West Bank when a 10-month moratorium expires next year. Full Story »

CAIRO - Saudi Arabia's oil minister said current global oil prices are "perfect," as several key OPEC members indicated the group was unlikely to change output levels when it meets later this month. Full Story »

Gaza City - The population of the Gaza Strip is facing an acute cooking gas shortage this winter, after a unilateral Israeli decision in October to permanently close the sole oil and gas terminal between the coastal Palestinian territory and the Jewish state. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The FBI on Thursday updated its "Most Wanted Terrorist List" with the names of four Palestinians suspected of taking part in a 1989 hijacking of a Pan Am airliner that left 20 dead in Pakistan. Full Story »

AMMAN (AFP) - Jordan summoned Israeli ambassador Nevo Dani on Thursday to demand a halt to "unilateral" work carried out by the Jewish state on the outer walls of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Full Story »