AFP - Lebanon's parliament speaker warned on Wednesday that the relaunched Middle East peace talks could raise tensions on the border with Israel and ignite clashes in Palestinian refugee camps.

AFP - An Israeli soldier jailed for killing a pro-Palestinian British activist was freed on Wednesday after serving six and a half years of an eight-year sentence, a military spokeswoman said.

AFP - Hamas on Wednesday accused the Palestinian Authority of "treason" over its arrest of members of the Islamist group in connection with the killing of Jewish settlers.