TRIPOLI, Dominique Soguel- Moamer Kadhafi's last premier, Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, who was controversially extradited from Tunisia to Libya to face justice, said on Tuesday that he was innocent. "I am...

GENEVA- The UN pointman for Palestinian human rights launched a blistering attack on the international community Monday, accusing it of conspiring in Israeli settlement policies and branding the...

On the same day, he hosted Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on his second official visit this year since his expulsion in 1999. "The turning point in Jordan's official position towards the Islamists...

DAMASCUS- The opposition and state media on Sunday both branded an international plan for a transition in strife-torn Syria a failure, as the death toll for a weekend of violence topped 160. World...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi began his first full day in office on Sunday with his powers circumscribed by the military as he tries to pick a new cabinet to carry out his...

GENEVA, Andrew Beatty and Hui Min Neo- World powers on Saturday agreed a plan for a transition in Syria that could include current regime members, but the West did not see any role for President...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Mohamed Morsi was sworn in as Egypt's first freely elected civilian president on Saturday and formally received a transfer of power and pledge of support from the military,...

SAINT PETERSBURG, Andrew Beatty- Russia reported finding agreement with the United States on Syria and voiced optimism that crucial Geneva talks Saturday could bring a shift toward peace after 16...

DAMASCUS- Twin bombs exploded outside the Palace of Justice in Damascus on Thursday as deadly violence raged across the country and Turkey reinforced its volatile border with Syria with missile...