DAMASCUS- Syrian rebels converged Monday on a military airport in Aleppo, where troops massed for a threatened assault, as the United States said it was considering "all possible options" to help the...

JOHANNESBURG, Alexander Joe- Nelson Mandela, the revered anti-apartheid hero, spent a third night in hospital after South Africa prayed for him on Sunday amid calls for his family and nation to "let...

DAMASCUS- The United States on Wednesday condemned an assault by Syrian troops on the town of Qusayr, claiming the regime had relied on Hezbollah to win the battle and caused tremendous suffering....

WASHINGTON- US Vice President Joe Biden called Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Friday amid anxiety over a rash of bombings and violence in the country and the situation in Syria, the White House...

LONDON, Katy Lee- When Michael Adebolajo was filmed clutching the bloodied knives he apparently used to butcher a soldier, Britons were chilled by the strong London accent in which he spoke of his...

FALLUJAH, Iraq- Gunmen attacked a police station and an army position in the town of Rawa northwest of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least four police officers and wounding three, a local official...

CAIRO- A Coptic Christian teacher in an Egyptian primary school will stand trial after colleagues and the parents of students accused her of insulting Islam and evangelising, a judicial source said...

WASHINGTON- The White House on Friday denied misleading the public over a deadly attack on a US mission in Libya last year, hitting out at Republican lawmakers for "politicizing" the fallout from the...

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories- Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi on Wednesday started a visit to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, crossing into the Palestinian territory at Rafah, on the...