Mahmoud Abbas

by Mark Silva and updated President Barack Obama will host a dinner at the White House this evening celebrating Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim lunar calendar in which observants fast from dawn until sunset each day. The president,......

by Christi Parsons Palestinian and Israeli leaders will sit down with President Obama on Tuesday while in New York for a meeting of the United Nations, a three-way meeting that the administration has been trying to broker for weeks. Israeli......

by Christi Parsons NEW YORK -- Insisting that Middle East peace-talks must move beyond a familiar pattern of taking "tentative steps forward and then stepping back," President Obama entered a meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders this afternoon...

by Mark Silva and Christi Parsons As the Obama administration begins an unprecedented publication of lists of people who have visited the White House on its Web-site -- yes, philanthropist George Soros has dropped in -- a senior adviser says......

by James Oliphant Vice President Joe Biden's extended interview with Charlie Rose appears tonight on PBS. As a service, you'll find a transcript of the exchange, in which the vice president addresses the Obama administration's response to the Gulf oil.......

by Christi Parsons President Obama on Wednesday pledged an additional $400 million in assistance for housing, school construction and business development in Gaza and the West Bank, telling Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in a one-on-one meeting that the...

by Mark Silva With a new scandal enveloping the Israeli prime minister and Hezbollah militants flexing their muscle in Lebanon, President George W. Bush will confront even longer odds for success when he travels to the Middle East this week......

by Mark Silva ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. - On a crisp spring day along the Potomac, Air Force Once is boarding, bound for Tel Aviv tonight, carrying a president who still holds out hope for an agreement over the......

by Mark Silva SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - The banner headline in the Arab News this morning says it all: "Palestinians Have the Right to Exist as Well: Saud.'' This indeed was the intended message of Prince Saud al-Faisal, foreign......

If President Bush were looking for a way to raise the ire of Democrats in south Palm Beach County, he may have hit the mark on Thursday. Despite repeated promises that he would not insert himself into the presidential race,......

by Mark Silva SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - President Bush, concluding a five-day tour of the Middle East, voiced increased confidence that Israeli and Palestinian leaders can agree upon the outlines of a new Palestine state by the end of this......

by Mark Silva SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - President Bush, concluding a five-day tour of the Middle East, will voice increased confidence that Israeli and Palestinian leaders can agree upon the outlines of a new Palestine state by the end of......