Gulf Arab leaders entered day two of their summit on Tuesday preoccupied with crafting a unified position on Israel’s attacks on Gaza, even as their finance ministers finalized a draft for a monetary union pact that would go into effect before the end of

Three days of Israeli assaults on Gaza appeared likely to dominate an annual Gulf Arab leaders’ meeting, casting a pall Monday on a gathering aimed at finalizing monetary pacts, including a long-delayed push to unify the currencies of the oil rich nations

Iran’s state radio says the country’s navy has test-fired a sea-to-sea missile during a six-day naval maneuver in the Sea of Oman.

The Olympic torch arrived Monday in Oman amid tight security and expectations of a smooth relay of the flame on the Middle Eastern leg of its round-the-world tour.Officials said the flame arrived at Oman International Airport from Tanzania and was...

Vice President Dick Cheney went fishing in the waters between Oman and Iran on Wednesday, borrowing the Sultan of Oman’s 60-foot royal yacht for the mission.A Cheney spokeswoman said the vice president, his wife Lynne, and daughter, Liz, a former State...

Traffic has returned to normal on undersea Internet cables in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf that were cut last month, causing disruptions across the Middle East and parts of Asia, cable owner FLAG Telecom said Monday.Repair ships completed work..

An abandoned anchor was responsible for cutting one of the undersea Internet cables severed last week, causing disruptions across the Middle East and parts of Asia, the cable’s owner said Friday.A FLAG Telecom repair crew discovered the anchor near...

The admitted terrorist said he had been a naive adolescent brainwashed into plotting to blow up American embassies. He called himself a changed man, a would-be ophthalmologist who deserved a chance to pursue his goal.But a federal judge in Manhattan...

When the calendar turned to 2007, the heat went on and the weather just got weirder. January was the warmest first month on record worldwide _ 1.53 degrees above normal. It was the first time since record-keeping began in 1880 that the globe’s average...

JANUARYJan. 2Seven New Orleans police officers surrender to face murder or attempted murder charges related to shootings on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.Oprah Winfrey opens a school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa.Jan. 3Crude oil prices open..