DAMASCUS- Syria has accepted a proposal crafted by Kofi Annan that aims to end the bloodshed roiling the country, the envoy's spokesman said Tuesday, in a move cautiously welcomed by Western...

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Two days of clashes in a southern Libyan oasis have resulted in more than 30 fatalities, a doctor said, as one tribal chief claimed there was a campaign of ethnic cleansing...

BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao- After decades at the heart of the Arab world, Syria now sits in the dock as regional leaders meet in Baghdad this week over how to end President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on...

The chief US diplomat's talks are set for Friday and Saturday, just before she attends the second "Friends of Syria" meeting Sunday in Istanbul that will draw not just Arab delegates but also those...

MOSCOW, Dmitry Zaks- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Sunday that Kofi Annan represented the last chance for avoiding a civil war in Syria and offered the UN-Arab League envoy Moscow's...

"The whole world is watching the summit and looking forward to the resolutions it will pass," he added.Arabi and his delegation met Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at the palace in the heavily...

It came at end of a week that saw cabinet members loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh walk out of a cabinet meeting in what the opposition portrayed as an attempt to bring down the unity...

DAMASCUS- Syria's rebel fighters on Saturday set up a military council to unify their ranks and political opposition leaders called a meeting of all the dissident groups to forge common objectives as...

Feltman was due to meet with President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi and other senior government officials, along with youth leaders, women activists and media representatives, it added in a statement.Under...