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DAMASCUS- The Syrian regime's rocket and shell bombardment of protest hubs has left another 79 civilians dead, activists said, as Washington closed its Damascus embassy and Britain recalled its...
CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- A second day of clashes with Egyptian police left three protesters dead on Friday as anger against the ruling military boiled over amid fury at the recent deaths of 74 people in...
GAZA CITY, Tim Witcher- Protesters threw shoes at UN chief Ban Ki-moon as he entered Gaza on Thursday, condemning Israel's blockade and Ban's refusal to meet the families of Palestinian prisoners....
BAGHDAD, Sammy Ketz- Iraq is to host an Arab summit on March 29, the first since the Arab Spring that swept away several dictators and brought Islamists to the fore, a senior Arab League official...
UNITED NATIONS, Andre Viollaz- Nations on the UN Security Council braced for a showdown over Syria, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leading a Western charge to press Russia to back action...
DAMASCUS- The Arab League suspended its controversial observer mission in Syria on Saturday as the bloodshed in a crackdown on anti-regime protests spiked, with the death toll topping 210 in four...
WASHINGTON- The United States on Sunday approved a visit from Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh for medical treatment but said it was with the understanding that he would stay only for a "limited...
SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- The Yemeni parliament adopted on Saturday a law giving veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution in return for stepping down under a Gulf-brokered...
CAIRO- Egyptian tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa, who was jailed in 2010 for the murder of a Lebanese pop singer, will be retried next month as sought by prosecutors who complained his 15-year sentence...
BASRA, Karim Jamil - A suicide bomber killed 53 people in an apparent sectarian attack in southern Iraq on Saturday, casting a pall over the conclusion of a Shiite Muslim pilgrimage that draws...
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