"I want to compete wherever I can. I live in a country whose law does not permit me to," says Saeid Mollaei, who was forced to withdraw from a scheduled match against Israeli judoka Sagi Muki.

Afghanistan's people wait nervously as US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad meets with President Ashraf Ghani and Taliban leaders in a bid to end 18 years of fighting. A collapse of talks could bring another civil war, some analysts and Afghans say.

The next time Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas proposes canceling security cooperation with Israel, and hence the Oslo Accords, we should take him up on it.

Archaeologists report that Stone Age remains found in cave outside Yemeni capital Sanaa appear to have been damaged by looters.

Israel will continue to take action against the threat of precision-guided missiles, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns Hezbollah leader.