BEIJING- Chinese Internet celebrities have been told to "promote virtues" by a leading official, state media said Sunday, after a singer sparked a free speech debate by venting about bombing...

BEIRUT- Syrian regime air strikes killed more than 30 people Saturday in the Latakia province, bastion of the ruling Assad clan, and the northern city of Raqa, a monitory group said. Seven children...

ROME, Françoise Kadri- Six illegal migrants drowned Saturday off a tourist beach in Sicily after their boat carrying 100 people, mostly Syrians, went aground in the latest attempt by desperate...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Defiant supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi rallied in their thousands across Egypt Friday sparking clashes that left dozens injured, as the interim premier...

WASHINGTON- The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington said Friday it's ramping up its photography collection with the acquisition of 100 images from the late Irving Penn. They include rare...

TRIPOLI- Armed men fatally wounded one person and left several others injured at a Tripoli fairground on Friday night, security officials and police said. "A group of criminals savagely opened fire...

DAMASCUS- Syria took the rare step of denying reports of an attack on President Bashar al-Assad's motorcade as he drove to a Damascus mosque on Thursday for prayers marking Muslim holidays. It was...

UNITED NATIONS- UN weapons inspectors tasked with looking into claims of chemical weapons use in Syria are "completing their preparations" in The Hague before heading to Damascus, the United Nations...

SAO PAULO- A Brazilian teenager killed his police officer parents, his grandmother and his great-aunt, and then, after a full day at school, took his own life, police said Tuesday. The five bodies...