WASHINGTON- Calls mounted Monday for US action to help find and free more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped last month by brutal militants, amid growing outrage and fears over their fate. US...

ALGIERS, Amer Ouali- Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Monday named the first cabinet of his fourth term in office, without managing to win over opposition figures as his reappointed prime...

TRIPOLI- A senior Libya parliament official said that the assembly does not recognise the country's new prime minister, Ahmed Miitig, who was elected earlier on Sunday. Ezzedin Al-Awami, the first...

RIYADH- Saudi health authorities announced Saturday two new deaths from the MERS coronavirus, raising to 111 the number of fatalities since the disease appeared in the kingdom in September 2012. A...

BAGHDAD, Ammar Karim- From unsolved murders of journalists to lawsuits against commentators, rights groups and diplomats say Iraq's press freedom record falls dramatically short of international...

DAMASCUS- The Syrian government and rebels struck a deal Friday for opposition fighters to withdraw from their besieged strongholds in the city of Homs, in another military success for the regime....

WASHINGTON, Michael Mathes- House Speaker John Boehner said Friday that he is establishing a select committee to investigate the deadly 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya. President...

WASHINGTON- US regulators have approved a first-of-its-kind implant that can help ward off moderate to severe sleep apnea, a chronic disorder which affects up to 18 million Americans. Sleep apnea is...

LONDON, Alice Ritchie - British actor Bob Hoskins, the gruff star of films including "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "The Long Good Friday", has died at the age of 71 following a bout of pneumonia, his...