LONDON- A couple who allegedly held three women as "slaves" in a London house for 30 years were prominent Maoist activists in the 1970s, according to media reports on Monday. The couple, named by...
RIYADH- The Saudi health ministry on Sunday announced a new MERS death, raising to 55 the number of people killed by the coronavirus in the country with the most fatalities. A 37-year-old Saudi man...
CAIRO, Samer Al-Atrush- Egypt's government will start cutting fuel subsidies before it leaves office next year, prime minister Hazem al-Beblawi said Sunday, but the ambitious reform hinges on an end...
DAMASCUS- At least 29 people were killed in Syria's northern province of Aleppo Saturday as rebels captured a key oilfield in the east of the country, a monitoring group said. State television...
BENGHAZI- Gunmen on Saturday shot dead a former member of Moamer Kadhafi's security services in eastern Libya, in the latest violence to hit the region, an official said. Unidentified men with...
PARIS- Palaeontologists on Friday announced they had uncovered the remains of one of the greatest land predators ever -- a nine-metre (30-foot) four-tonne dinosaur that stalked the planet 100 million...
DALLAS, Daniel Walker- With flags fluttering at half-staff, the United States paused Friday to mourn President John F. Kennedy and a generation's shattered dreams, cut down 50 years ago by an...
BEIRUT- Lebanese President Michel Sleiman warned Thursday that groups involved in the conflict in neighbouring Syria are endangering the peace and unity of his country, in a clear reference to...
MOSCOW- Popular Russian detective novelist Boris Akunin on Wednesday declined an invitation to meet President Vladimir Putin, saying he could not be around him while Russia jails political prisoners....
BEIRUT- The Syrian opposition called on the international community on UN Children's Day Wednesday to step up efforts to protect youngsters caught up in the 32-month conflict. "More than 10,000...
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