CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- The Muslim Brotherhood on Friday urged Egyptians to rally behind their presidential candidate in an almost certain run-off with rival Ahmed Shafiq, warning the country would...

LONDON- Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib laid a wreath of white roses and carnations on Friday at the spot where a British policewoman was shot dead in 1984 outside the Libyan embassy in...

CANNES, France, Deborah Cole- British actor Robert Pattinson said Friday he was terrified making his Cannes debut as a sex-mad billionaire, in part because director David Cronenberg told him it would...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan and Sara Hussein- Vote counting was underway in Egypt after two days of polling ended Thursday in a landmark presidential election which pitted stability against the ideals of the...

DAMASCUS- A deeply divided opposition has failed the Syrian people, its outgoing leader charged on Thursday, as a new parliament again dominated by the ruling Baath party held its first session in...

BEIRUT, Rita Daou- Fed by the 14-month crisis in neighbouring Syria and rumours of renewed civil unrest, turbulence across Lebanon is stoking fears the situation in the country may take a turn for...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan and Samer al-Atrush- Egyptians voted Wednesday in the country's first free presidential elections, with Islamists and secularists vying for power with competing visions of an...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Rana Moussaoui- Lebanon has fallen hostage to the conflict in neighbouring Syria following deadly sectarian clashes between the country's pro- and anti-Damascus camps, experts say....

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- The large number of Egyptian voters undecided between candidates touting radically different futures for the country, and the novelty of a free presidential vote make this...