Activists aboard ship docked in Syria plan to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza to bring $1 million in supplies.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, accompanied by his new foreign minister, visits Turkey to participate in a regional economic summit.

Panel expected to indict members of Hizbullah for 2005 assassination loses backing, funding of Saad Hariri, Lebanese paper reports.

The Jewish Federations of North America said the federation system will distribute $2.4 million to help Israel recover from the Carmel Mountain fire.

The Guardian reports that U.S. diplomats accused New Zealand of using the arrest of two suspected Israeli spies in 2004 to bolster its export of lamb to Arab states.

Tearful Esther Pollard says husband too ill to receive word that Netanyahu will make formal plea to Obama for his freedom.

A French official tells AFP news agency that France will transfer the arms to Lebanon by the end of February, without preconditions.

Lebanon president prepares complaint to submit to UN over the cameras; Lebanon radio attributes explosion Wednesday to IAF covering up espionage.

The EU commends the work of the Palestinian Authority in building the institutions of the future State of Palestine and reiterates its full support for their endeavours in this regard and the Fayyad plan.