CAIRO- Two young men were killed in clashes Friday between supporters and opponents of Egypt's toppled Islamist president as police used tear gas to disperse protests, officials said. Protesters...

UNITED NATIONS- France and Guatemala will compile a list of concrete proposals to protect journalists, especially in war zones, the French UN ambassador said Friday after a meeting on the matter....

LOS ANGELES- Grammys organizers announced lifetime achievement awards Thursday for The Beatles and six other acts, including the Isley Brothers and electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk. Kris...

PARIS- "A dry martini. Just hand it to me, and I'll do the shaking myself." This, according to British doctors, is somewhat how James Bond would have been in real life. 007 boozed so much that in all...

CAIRO- A cousin and former aide of slain Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has been released two days after his acquittal in a trial for attempted murder, a security official said Wednesday. Ahmed Qaddaf...

CONAKRY- The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation called on the international community to recognise the Palestinian Territories as a sovereign state "in the shortest possible time" as it closed its...

OSLO- A zany Norwegian music video originally intended as a joke was the most popular video of the year on YouTube, the website revealed Wednesday. Since its release on September 3 the clip --...

DAMASCUS- Syria's army on Tuesday trained its sights on the town of Yabrud, the last rebel stronghold in the strategic Qalamoun region near Lebanon's border, after a string of battlefield victories....

CAIRO- Egypt said Tuesday it has granted three-month residence permits to 171 out of a total of 206 Syrian and Palestinian immigrants who were detained for illegally entering the country. Foreign...