At least four Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli navy patrol fired on a group of men allegedly wearing diving gear in Nuseirat off the Gaza coast.

NEW YORK (Agencies) Two men arrested at John F Kennedy airport in New York were charged Sunday with conspiracy to kill Americans outside the country, U.S. justice officials said.

Israel has begun deporting passengers and crew it seized on board an aid ship aiming to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip.

MUSCAT: Cyclone Phet killed 12 people and left one missing in Oman before it barrelled on towards Pakistan, the head of Oman’s civil defence force said on

SANAA (AFP( A Yemeni colonel and two of his bodyguards were killed in an attack by suspected al-Qaeda members on Saturday near the city of Marib east of the capital, a tribal source said.

Israeli soldiers have boarded a Malaysian-funded Irish aid ship heading towards Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid and forced it to head towards the Israeli port of Ashdod instead.

PARIS: France’s official Muslim council has warned the government not to expect it to impose a planned ban on full face veils for women that legal experts argue will be unconstitutional and police predict will be unenforceable.

The Israeli government has deported to Jordan more than 100 activists seized from the Gaza aid flotilla, and has promised to release the rest of the detainees within 48 hours.

New York: The campaign of CIA drone strikes against suspected militants in Pakistan has made the United States “the most prolific user of targeted killings” in the world, said a United Nations official, who urged that responsibility for the program be taken from the spy agency.

At least 12 people have been killed and several others injured in northern England after an armed man went on a shooting rampage in a popular tourist area.