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Russia's missile shipment will embolden Syria: US

Russia's missile shipment will embolden Syria: US - 05/18/2013

WASHINGTON- Russia's shipment of anti-ship missiles to Syria will "embolden" the regime and fuel the country's civil war, the US military's top officer said Friday. General Martin Dempsey's comments...
Nine arrested over deadly Turkey bombings

Nine arrested over deadly Turkey bombings - 05/13/2013

REYHANLI, Turkey, Ceren Kumova- Turkey said Sunday it had arrested nine people over bombings that killed 46 in a town near the Syrian border and warned Damascus a red line had been crossed. The...
Dozens dead in Turkey car bombings blamed on Syria

Dozens dead in Turkey car bombings blamed on Syria - 05/12/2013

REYHANLI, Turkey- Twin car bombs killed at least 43 people and wounded 100 Saturday in a Turkish town near the Syrian border, in an attack Ankara blamed on pro-Damascus groups. The bombings were the...
Algeria uncertainty grows in ailing leader's absence

Algeria uncertainty grows in ailing leader's absence - 05/07/2013

ALGIERS- Uncertainty was growing in Algeria on Monday over President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's health, 10 days after he was hospitalised in France after suffering a mini-stroke and in the absence of...
Israel warplanes strike near Syria capital

Israel warplanes strike near Syria capital - 05/06/2013

DAMASCUS- Israeli raids early Sunday hit three military sites outside Damascus, the second such reported attack in 48 hours, prompting Syria's government to warn that the regional situation was now...

At least 62 bodies found in Syria's Banias: watchdog - 05/05/2013

BEIRUT- The bodies of at least 62 murdered residents have been found in a Sunni neighbourhood of the Syrian city of Banias, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. The latest...
Clashes erupt in Libyan capital between rival protests

Clashes erupt in Libyan capital between rival protests - 05/04/2013

TRIPOLI- Clashes erupted in the Libyan capital on Friday between crowds demonstrating against militias in the city and supporters of a law to exclude Kadhafi-era officials from top government jobs,...
Ban talks Syria as UN envoy appears set to quit

Ban talks Syria as UN envoy appears set to quit - 05/03/2013

UNITED NATIONS- UN leader Ban Ki-moon discussed deadlocked efforts to end the Syria conflict with the major powers on Thursday amid mounting signs that peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is to quit....
Egypt police arrest Islamist show host over slander

Egypt police arrest Islamist show host over slander - 05/02/2013

CAIRO- Egyptian police arrested an Islamist television show host on Wednesday after a court sentenced him to a year in prison for slandering an actress, a police official said. Police stormed...
US ups medics at Guantanamo over hunger strike

US ups medics at Guantanamo over hunger strike - 04/30/2013

WASHINGTON- Extra medical staff have been sent to the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay to help address a hunger strike that has spread to nearly two-thirds of the detainees, authorities said...
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Star's cancer candor prompts cheers, but also caution

Star's cancer candor prompts cheers, but also caution
WASHINGTON, Robert MacPherson- Cancer campaigners cheered Angelina Jolie for going public Tuesday about her double mastectomy, but warned women against rushing out to be tested for the gene mutation that threatened her life. Not only is the BRCA1...