JEDDAH- The Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, which represents more than 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, affirmed Thursday a commitment to unity in combatting "sectarian" policies. OIC...

CAIRO- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah visited Cairo Friday, on his first trip to Egypt since the 2011 ouster of dictator Hosni Mubarak, for talks with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Riyadh hailed last...

WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- The vicious fight for survival and power among disparate kingdoms and clans may have led some ancient people to evolve facial traits more quickly than others, a study said...

CAPE TOWN- Outraged South African women's groups have won an investigation into allegations that the head of the public broadcaster was given a wife as a gift, an official said Friday. "We have...

AMIENS, Pascal Mallet- Joe Sacco's first impressions of World War I were forged as a schoolboy in Australia, more than four decades ago. But the Malta-born master of comic book reportage found...

PARIS, Olivier Thibault- Once doomed to a life of darkness, dozens of people stricken by retinal diseases are rediscovering a world of light as scientists push ahead on cures for blindness. Already,...

CAIRO- An Egyptian court sentenced 12 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death on Wednesday on charges connected to the fatal shooting of a police general last year. Eight of...

TAIPEI- Former Norwegian premier Gro Harlem Brundtland was named Wednesday as the first recipient of the Tang Prize, touted as Asia's version of the Nobels, for her work as the "godmother" of...

DHAKA- Bangladesh police have arrested a leading writer for running an organised gang which used street children in pornographic films for foreign clients, an official said Sunday. A.Y.M...