RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinian Interior Ministry has begun placing restrictions on the use of weapons by Palestinian militants, a step toward fulfilling a long-standing Israeli demand that the armed groups be dismantled, Palestinian security officials said Monday. The U.S.-backed “road map” Middle East peace plan requires the Palestinians …

The news doesn’t stop on the weekend and neither does “FOX & Friends.” So start your weekend in the know with hosts Juliet Huddy, Julian Phillips and Mike Jerrick. Saturday President Bush has made it clear he wants Syria to pull “all” their troops out of Lebanon (search) by May. …

AMMAN, Jordan – Fifteen alleged militants refused to speak Monday when a military court asked them to plead to numerous terror charges, including plotting to attack the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Amman (search). The court interpreted their silence as a plea of not guilty and adjourned the trial to …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Militants killed five police officers — including a police commissioner — on Saturday, the second anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, as the insurgency pressed on with its tactic of targeting Iraqi security forces, Shiites (search) and Kurds (search) and focusing less on American troops. Newly …

U.S. retail gasoline prices are less than a cent from record highs due to near-record costs for crude oil, which have soared on rising world demand, and little spare production capacity, motor group AAA (search) said on Tuesday. With gasoline prices rising in winter, it’s nearly a sure bet that …

ATLANTA – A girlfriend of courthouse killings suspect Brian Nichols (search) gave birth to his child just three days before the rampage, and she said Nichols repeatedly expressed his desire to be with the child. The mother’s statements and transcripts from Nichols’ rape trial are the most specific suggestion of …

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – After years of denials, Pakistan admitted Thursday that its top nuclear scientist sold crucial equipment to Iran (search), but said it knew nothing of his activities when they occurred and insisted he will not be turned over to another country for prosecution. The admission by the Pakistani …

ALGIERS, Algeria – King Abdullah II of Jordan has proposed a new peace strategy that drops traditional Arab demands that Israel give up all land seized in the 1967 war and offers the Jewish state normalized relations with Arab countries, according to a text of the proposal seen Friday by …

WASHINGTON – President Bush’s budget would keep federal deficits (search) over $200 billion annually for the next decade and add $1.6 trillion to the shortfalls that would otherwise occur if his fiscal policies are not enacted, Congress’ top budget analyst said Friday. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (search) said the …

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – A woman has been indicted on negligent homicide charges for allegedly giving her husband a sherry enema that killed him. Michael Warner, 58, died last May after the enema (search) caused his blood-alcohol level to rise to .47 percent. “That’s extremely high,” Detective Lt. Robert Turner …