Speaking in NATO meeting in Rome, U.S. Secretary of State urges continued ties with Pakistan, despite reports that Osama bin Laden had been hiding in the country for years.

In interview with CNN, Prime Minister says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei effectively runs Iran, warning that if Iran 'gets atomic bombs, it will change history.'

France may turn a donors' conference on a future Palestinian state set for June into a political meeting to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Wednesday.

‘Britain is a good friend of Israel and our support for Israel and Israel’s security is something I have described in the past and will do so again as unshakeable.　We are strong friends of Israel,” said British Prime Minister David Cameron when his Israeli counterpart at 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday.

Palestinian journalist tells A-Shams radio that PA President Abbas is insisting that he be the chief representative of the interim unity government, giving him control of foreign policy - a point of contention between Hamas and Fatah.

British Foreign Minister William Hague on Tuesday criticized the Islamic movement Hamas for mourning Osama bin Laden's death.

In interview with L'Express magazine, French President Sarkozy says if 'peace process is still dead in September, France will face up to its responsibilities on the central question of recognition of a Palestinian state.'

White House spokesman Jay Carney says the al-Qaida leader resisted before he was shot by U.S. troops; White House evaluating possibility of releasing photos of bin Laden's body, but they are concerned that the 'gruesome' pictures could be inflammatory in the Mideast.

Announcement of his elimination coincides with the commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day

Senior administration officials say the body was handled according to Islamic practice and tradition, requiring the body to be buried within 24 hours.