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A UN Security Council meeting tomorrow on the Memorial Day Weekend attack by Israel in the southern Gaza city... In Israel's largest city Tel Aviv tonight a clash between Eritreans who support and oppose the country's government... US Central Command says a drone launched from Yemen was destroyed... An alert over Israel's southern port city of Eilat tonight... Canada's Immigration Minister saying five thousand people from Gaza will be allowed to enter Canada... In the British election campaign the Conservative Party suspending MP Lucy Allan. Allan endorsed a Reform UK... In Amsterdam riot police stopping an effort by Pro-Palestinian demonstrators...

First lady Michelle Obama will lead the official American delegation to the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the White House announced on Friday. The group includes women's soccer Olympic great Brandi Chastain and basketball star Grant Hill, a member of the 1996 Olympics squad "This summer I'll be cheering on Team U.S.A. at the Olympic Games in London with this distinguished group of champions who truly represent the best of our country," the first lady said in a statement released by the White House. "Olympians and Paralympians are true American heroes and role models for all...

U.S. team to speak more about N. Korea than listen: Seoul officials Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- An inter-agency team of ranking U.S. officials, on a rare tour of Northeast Asia, is expected to "talk" more about the Barack Obama administration's stance on North Korea than "listen to" those of other regional players, officials here said Monday. The delegation, led by Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, arrived in Tokyo on the weekend before visiting South Korea, China, and Russia. It also includes Stephen Bosworth, special representative for North Korea policy, Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levy, Wallace Gregson, assistant...

HAVANA -- International diplomacy is the art of mixing tact with patience, and both are in abundant supply as a 10-member delegation of U.S. lawmakers concluded its second day of meetings in this balmy seaside city. Beginning with breakfast at 8 o'clock with a group of European ambassadors stationed here and concluding almost 12 hours later with a strategy session back at the hotel, the lawmakers are learning firsthand that establishing a rapport with Cuba requires painstaking delicacy. "Diplomacy can be testing and testy," said Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Far Rockaway), a member of the House International Relations Committee. "[Interim leader]...

Ortiz says Libyan leader seemed sincere, offered him a throat lozenge. TRIPOLI, Libya - A Republican congressman led a delegation of Americans into uncharted territory Monday: a meeting with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and a tour of a Libyan nuclear reactor. The extraordinary meeting - in a tent beside the ruins of Gadhafi's house, bombed by U.S. warplanes - is a hallmark of improving relations between the United States and Libya after decades of animosity. "It was an extremely positive two hours," said the delegation's leader, Republican Rep. Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania. "We discussed the hope that we will achieve...

It would be immoral for America to attack Iraq without provocation, a former U.S. senator said here Saturday. James Abourezk, who used to represent South Dakota in the senate, was speaking to reporters after he, Democratic West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall and two other Americans met with Iraqi Health Minister Omed Medhat Mubarak. The four-person delegation arrived overnight in Iraq, saying it intended to push for peace as well as the return of U.N. weapons inspectors. It is the first time in several years that a sitting U.S. legislator has visited Iraq, which has been under U.N. sanctions since it...