The Islamic world’s biggest bloc today demanded that the United Nations implement an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and investigate what it called flagrant human rights violations by Israel.

The Islamic world’s biggest bloc today demanded an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and a role for Muslims in a UN peacekeeping force, stressing that a slow end to Israel’s warfare could drown chances for lasting peace.

Speaking minutes after the announcement of exit polls in the Israeli election, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) said it was ready to negotiate immediately with the next Israeli government on the implementation of the roadmap peace plan.

A former Palestinian guerrilla said he “regrets nothing” and will not apologise for being one of the masterminds of the 1972 attack at the Munich Olympics in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed, according to a TV interview released today.

The Spanish government declared today a day of mourning following the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd, recalling the monarch’s contribution to peace in the Middle East and his strong ties with Spain.

The man who recently revealed himself as “Deep Throat", the key source for the Washington Post during the investigation of the Watergate government scandal, has agreed to a book and movie deal about his life, his publisher and agent confirmed today.

Fathi Arafat, the brother of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, has died. He was 67.

Fathi Arafat, the brother of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, died today. He was 67.

Yasser Arafat’s wife and Palestinian officials are fighting over his money before he has even been buried, but the problems is that they have to find it first, writes Paul O’Brien.

Yasser Arafat fought for the Palestinian cause all his life – and his indomitable style of leadership over 35 years ensured he never lost control.

Yasser Arafat is hovering “between life and death” in a coma, Palestinian and French officials say.

A second summit between the Israeli and Palestinian premiers was in doubt today after Yasser Arafat sent a strong message that he, not Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, is in charge of peace talks with Israel.

DEVELOPING nations yesterday agreed on draft recommendations that Israeli incursions into Palestinian areas be treated as war crimes, delegates said.

SINN FEIN'S administration chief at Stormont is at the head of the IRA's intelligence unit establishing worldwide links with other terror groups, a court heard yesterday.

Iraq tonight confirmed the death of Abu Nidal, saying the feared Palestinian terrorist leader had committed suicide.

ABU NIDAL, one of the world’s most wanted terrorists linked to the bombing of the Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, was found dead in his Baghdad apartment, officials said yesterday.

A Palestinian gunman shot by Israeli troops bled to death before reaching a hospital, his militant group said, as more talks between both sides were planned for later today.

Israeli soldiers today shot and killed a member of the militant Hamas group in the West Bank town of Hebron.

The Palestinian population is holding a general strike today in protest at Israel's takeover of their unofficial headquarters in east Jerusalem.