China urges continued Syria negotiation
China on Monday urged the two warring sides of Syria to support the mediation efforts of UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, and maintain the momentum of negotiations.
Kidnapping rampant as Syria grapples with crisis
Kidnapping, rare in Syria in the past, is growing in incidence and scale as the country grapples with a three-year-old civil war that has left more than 100,000 dead and millions displaced.
Hezbollah chief urges new Lebanese gov't to fight terrorism
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, chief of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah militant group, on Sunday urged the newly formed Lebanese cabinet to confront increasing terrorism in the country.
Trial of Egypt's Morsi over espionage adjourned to Feb. 23
A Cairo court adjourned Sunday the trial of Egypt's former president Mohamed Morsi over charges of espionage to Feb. 23, official news agency MENA reported.
Abbas meets, discusses peace talks with 200 Israeli students
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Sunday with 200 Israeli students in Ramallah and talked with them about the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
2nd round talks of Geneva II "hasn't failed": Syrian FM
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al- Moallem said Sunday that the second round of talks in the Geneva II conference hasn't failed, according to the official SANA news agency.
Egypt's ex-army chief of staff Anan to run for president
Former Egyptian military chief of staff, Sami Anan, will join the country's upcoming presidential race, Anan's media office announced on Sunday.
Advanced centrifuges, heavy-water reactor main topics of nuclear talks: negotiator
Iran's advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium and Arak heavy-water reactor are the main topics of the upcoming nuclear talks, an Iranian nuclear negotiator said on Sunday.
Israeli economy growth rate falls short of expectations
Israel's economy grew only by 2. 3 percent during the last months of 2013, a considerable slower pace than experts had expected, according to estimates released Sunday by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics.
Jordan lawmakers call for severing peace treaty with Israel
Jordan's lower house called Sunday for revoking the nation's peace treaty with Israel as the Israeli Knesset sought to end Jordan's role in the protection of the holy sites in Jerusalem.