BEIRUT, LEBANON- Islamist groups and pro-regime forces agreed late Tuesday on a 48-hour ceasefire in flashpoint towns in northwest Syria and along the border with Lebanon, a monitoring group said....
JERUSALEM, UNDEFINED- The infant mortality rate in Gaza has risen for the first time in more than half a century, a new study by the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees says. "The number of babies...
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES- Bahrain has given permission to a pro-opposition newspaper to resume publishing after a two-day ban that drew criticism from human rights groups, state media said. A...
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Maria Antonova- Russian officials have ordered libraries to remove books by well-known British historians John Keegan and Antony Beevor, saying they promote Nazi-era stereotypes, a...
PARIS, FRANCE- The Perseid meteor shower -- an annual display of natural fireworks -- should be particularly spectacular this year, with extra-dark skies expected to create optimal stargazing...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sammy Ketz with Jean-Marc Mojon in Baghdad- The Islamic State group kidnapped 230 civilians in central Syria and officials said Friday it had executed more than 2,000 people in...
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES- Bahrain has announced the "temporary" suspension of a newspaper close to the Shiite opposition, drawing condemnation from a human rights group which said Manama was...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- More than 240,000 people, including 12,000 children, have been killed in Syria's conflict which broke out in March 2011, a monitoring group said Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for...
VIENNA, AUSTRIA- A wallet lost 70 years ago by an American soldier in Austria during World War II was returned to its rightful owner thanks to a doctor who discovered the item in his late...
TEHRAN, IRAN- Iran said Wednesday it will submit a new peace plan for war-ravaged Syria to the United Nations on the back of an international shift in favour of a political settlement. Deputy Foreign...
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