AFP - Some 150 members of the parliament have called for the House of Commons, now in an 11-week summer recess, to be promptly recalled to debate the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

AFP - As many as 100 British members of Parliament, most of them from the governing Labour Party, are to demand that parliament is re-called immediately amid concern over the government's strategy to end the conflict in the Middle East, The Guardian reported.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday said he was confident that a U.N. resolution which calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East will be agreed Wednesday. The premier also urged the international community to avoid any further delays over the issue....

AP - Beirut, yet again, is in the line of fire, but Beirutis have plenty of practice living in war. On the city's famed Hamra Street, the Starbucks coffee shop is closed, but most of the tables are full at Wimpy's. An upscale store selling ceramic tiles is shut, but a bookstore is open — a 2004 novel, "It's Time to Return to Lebanon," on its shelves.

Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world has announced on Monday it would detain and prevent militants from going to the Middle East to engage in "suicide missions" to answer the call of "jihad" or holy war. Indonesian police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam told Xinhua News Agency, "We...

AFP - The international community has proimised not to forget Afghanistan despite the crisis in the Middle East, a senior UN official in the war-torn country said.

AP - As their anger against Israel and America swells, protesters across the Middle East are also increasingly venting their frustration at their Arab rulers, especially in moderate countries whose governments have been reliable U.S. allies.

AP - Pope Benedict XVI made a new appeal for peace in the Middle East on Sunday, calling for an immediate cease-fire.

AP - A rocket blast in southern Lebanon injured three Chinese peacekeepers on Sunday, just hours after China called on the United Nations to ensure the security of U.N. peacekeepers in the Middle East, state media reported.

Demanding amendment in text of draft United Nations Security Council's Resolution for solving Middle East crises, Lebanese government rejected it on early Sunday.

AP - Thousands of people marched in Britain, South Africa and Egypt Saturday to protest the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, some demanding an immediate halt to the fighting and others pressing for sanctions against Israel.

AP - Pope Benedict XVI called Saturday on Christians and others touched by his words to mobilize against the widening warfare in the Middle East, saying no good comes out of war, not even for the victors.

AP - Anger toward America is high, extremists are on the upswing and hopes for democracy in the Middle East lie dashed. The Lebanon war is creating dangerous ripples in the war on terror, the future of Iraq — even the effort to keep nuclear weapons from dangerous hands.

AP - Thousands of people marched in Britain, South Africa and Egypt Saturday to protest the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, some demanding an immediate halt to the fighting and others pressing for sanctions against Israel.

AP - Anger toward America is high, extremists are on the upswing and hopes for democracy in the Middle East lie dashed. The Lebanon war is creating dangerous ripples in the war on terror, the future of Iraq — even the effort to keep nuclear weapons from dangerous hands.

As Israel's offensive against militants in Lebanon, Shiite Muslims across the Middle East are showing support for Hezbollah. In Iran, a predominantly Shiite country that has long been seen as a major financial and material supporter of Hezbollah, a violent riot erupted outside the British Embassy...

AP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair postponed his summer vacation Friday to stay in London and help develop a U.N. resolution on the Middle East crisis.

AFP - Prime Minister Tony Blair has delayed his summer holiday to work on a United Nations resolution to resolve the Middle East crisis, emphasising that the next two days were "crucial".

AFP - An agreement to end the conflict in Lebanon could be just days away, Tony Blair said as he faced a barrage of questions about his position on the crisis.

AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday the solution to the Middle East crisis is to destroy Israel. In a speech during an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders, Ahmadinejad also called for an immediate halt to fighting in Lebanon between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.