JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Obama administration is demanding that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem and make a public gesture toward the Palestinians to help defuse one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory, officials on both sides said Monday....

LONDON (AP) -- British movie star Kate Winslet has separated from her film director husband Sam Mendes after nearly seven years of marriage, their law firm said Monday....

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad will meet Druze leader Walid Jumblatt in Damascus after he made conciliatory remarks about the Syrian leader, Hezbollah, which had been mediating between the two, said on Monday.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hard-line government said Monday it has banned Iran's largest pro-reform political party in a new strike against an opposition movement that has largely been swept from the streets since last year's postelection turmoil....

Tadeus Nguyen Van Ly ha scontato quasi 16 anni carcere

Tadeus Nguyen Van Ly ha scontato quasi 16 anni carcere

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by militant and hate groups grew by almost 20 percent in the past year, a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center found on Monday.

MOSCOW (AP) -- The top U.N. environmental watchdog has criticized Russia in a report to be released Tuesday for ignoring the effects that several construction projects for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi will have on the region's unique wildlife....

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- Suspected drug gangsters chased down and opened fire on two white SUVs carrying families of U.S. consular employees from a children's party, killing three adults and and injuring two children in this violent border city, officials said Monday....

The world's shortest man, He Pingping from China, who was just 74.6cm tall, has died aged 22, Guinness World Records says.

Misure sicurezza. Alta tensione, timore proteste palestinesi

A settlements row has pushed US-Israeli relations to their lowest point for 35 years, a top Israeli envoy is quoted as saying.

A settlements row has pushed US-Israeli relations to their lowest point for 35 years, a top Israeli envoy is quoted as saying.

BANGKOK (AP) -- Protest leaders vowed Monday to collect blood from tens of thousands of anti-government activists and splash it onto the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections....

The owner of Calvin Klein buys Tommy Hilfiger for $3bn to create one of the world's largest clothing groups.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Militants in Nigeria's oil-producing region detonated two car bombs Monday near a government building where officials were discussing an amnesty deal, showing their resolve to resume attacks after an agreement to bring peace and economic benefits to the area unraveled....

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected any curbs on Jewish settlement in and around Jerusalem, defying Washington in Israel's deepening crisis with U.S. President Barack Obama's administration.

Carlo M. Miele - Osservatorio Iraq
Per l'ambasciatore israeliano negli Usa quella scatenata dall'annuncio di 1600 nuovi alloggi a Gerusalemme Est è la peggiore crisi degli ultimi 35 anni. Ma intanto le colonie aumentano e il sogno di uno Stato palestinese si allontana sempre di più

KABUL (AP) -- Afghan officials say the Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured last month in Pakistan....

Ornella Sangiovanni - Osservatorio Iraq
Struan Stevenson, presidente della Delegazione per i rapporti con l’Iraq del Parlamento Europeo, accusa: innumerevoli brogli e manipolazioni mettono a rischio l’esito del voto.