CAIRO- Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi met Palestinian Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Thursday, a day after hosting his rival Mahmud Abbas amid scrutiny over how Cairo's policy on the Palestinians...
UNITED NATIONS- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council to "shoulder its responsibility" on the eve of Thursday's scheduled vote on possible sanctions against Bashar al-Assad's...
WASHINGTON- Libya has taken an "important step forward" with this month's election results and the vote process showed the Libyan people's "commitment to democracy," the White House said Wednesday....
PARIS- President Moncef Marzouki said Wednesday that Tunisia had not fallen into Islamist hands and was pursuing democracy in the wake of its popular uprising, as he addressed France's National...
DAMASCUS- Rebels declared the battle to "liberate" Damascus has begun as heavy fighting raged across the city on Tuesday and Russia said an agreement is possible for a UN resolution on the Syria...
TRIPOLI- Libya's liberal coalition outscored Islamist parties in preliminary results unveiled by the electoral commission Tuesday -- but it remained unclear who will dominate the next congress. The...
The monk died on the spot, the statement said. Local government and police in Bharkham, known as Maerkang in Chinese, could not immediately confirm the suicide when contacted by AFP. At least 42...
UNITED NATIONS- Russia on Monday blocked a proposed UN Security Council statement on mass killings in the Syrian village of Treimsa, diplomats said, amid worsening deadlock over international action...
JERUSALEM, Jo Biddle- Egypt has been "an anchor of peace" in the Middle East and preserving its 1979 peace treaty with Israel is a key priority for both Washington and the Jewish state, Prime...
BEIRUT- Tunisia's former president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, toppled by a popular revolt in 2011, is ready to hand over his Swiss-held financial "assets" to the Tunisian state, his Lebanese lawyer...