TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Thousands of Libyans took to the streets Friday to protest against a decision by the interim parliament to extend its mandate, despite fears that lingering political...

LONDON, Danny Kemp- Footprints left by ancient humans 800,000 years ago have been found in Britain, the earliest evidence of such markings outside Africa, scientists said Friday. Researchers...

PARIS- French President Francois Hollande's dumped ex, Valerie Trierweiler, is to sue Closer magazine after the French glossy published pictures of her getting over her break-up on a tropical beach....

DAMASCUS- Syria and the UN have struck a deal for aiding besieged areas of Homs, officials said Thursday, as an NGO said more than 250 people have died in regime barrel-bomb attacks on Aleppo. Also...

WASHINGTON- A deal between Syria and the United Nations to get aid to the besieged town of Homs will begin early Friday, a US official said, urging the regime to allow more humanitarian relief. State...

TUNIS, Ines Bel Aiba- Tunisians mark on Thursday 12 turbulent months since the assassination of opposition politician Chokri Belaid, and his family still want to know what happened despite the...

MOSCOW- The director of Russia's Bolshoi theatre vowed Wednesday to bring an end to the bitter infighting that culminated in an acid attack on its artistic director and create a "normal artistic...

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Libya has completely destroyed the chemical arsenal it inherited from Moamer Kadhafi, 10 years after the now slain dictator signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, Foreign...

BAGHDAD, Salam Faraj, Ammar Karim- A series of attacks in and around Baghdad, including a spate of car bombings, killed 24 people Monday as Iraqi forces pressed an assault against militant-held areas...