Israel killed a Palestinian in an air strike in Gaza on Friday, after vowing it would not stop its hunt for gunmen despite a US call to renew contacts with the Palestinians. The missile landed

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The United States, Russia, the United Nations and the European Union called Friday for Syria to immediately expel the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad from its territory. "The quartet urges the Syrian government to take

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Iraqi parties Friday put up their candidates for the December general elections, fielding a total of 400 lists, after each of three main Sunni, Shia and Kurdish communities agreed on separate broad coalitions. Meanwhile, four

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Escalating violence, torture and force child marriages are some of the rights abuses still blighting Afghanistan four years after the removal of the fundamentalist Taleban government, the United Nations says. While the country has made

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US military forces in north-central Iraq have closed 10 of their 27 forward operating bases this year and will turn over the Tikrit palace complex of former President Saddam Hussein to the Iraqi government next

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Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrilla group said on Friday it would stand by Syria, blasting the United Nations for what it said was political incitement against Damascus over the killing of a Lebanese ex-premier. Tens of thousands

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Sterling eased against the dollar on Friday after briefly testing the previous day's one-month high, in line with moves in major currencies. Stronger than expected US economic growth data bolstered the case for higher US

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The euro held steady against a broadly softer dollar on Friday due to growing expectations the European Central Bank could raise interest rates from 2.0 percent sooner rather than later as the economic outlook brightens.

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Brazil will take some of its best beans next week to Japan and South Korea as part of a drive by the world's biggest coffee exporter to add value to its exports. Brazil's Specialty Coffee

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The World Trade Organisation ordered the European Union on Friday to limit its sugar exports by May 22 at the latest to comply with an earlier ruling on EU policy that branded much of the

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