UNITED NATIONS- Syrian opposition leaders on Thursday pressed US Secretary of State John Kerry to arm rebel groups and said there could be no peace talks while government forces kill civilians. Kerry...
TUNIS, Hamida Ben Salah- A leading critic of Tunisia's ruling Islamists, MP Mohamed Brahmi, was shot dead outside his home Thursday, the second such assassination this year, sparking street protests...
DAMASCUS- Two UN envoys were in Damascus on Wednesday on a mission to persuade the Syrian government to let in inspectors to investigate alleged chemical attacks during the 28-month conflict. The...
CAIRO, Haitham El-Tabei, Samer Al-Atrush- Pressure grew Tuesday on Egypt's new leaders to release Mohamed Morsi from detention as clashes between supporters and opponents of the deposed Islamist...
BAGHDAD, W.G. Dunlop- Attacks including bombings against four Sunni mosques killed 28 people in Iraq on Tuesday, officials said, bringing July's death toll to 638, the highest monthly figure in a...
WASHINGTON- US regulators on Tuesday released a review of scientific data that shows menthol cigarettes are harder to quit than regular kinds, and asked for public input on a possible ban. The...
WASHINGTON- The top US general has informed Congress of options for military intervention in Syria, but stressed that the decision of whether to go to war was one for civilian leaders. In a...
PARIS- Within 50 years, climate change will probably wipe out the world's most endangered feline, the Iberian lynx, even if the world meets its target for curbing carbon emissions, biologists said on...
BEIRUT- Syrian Kurdish fighters in the northeast expelled jihadists from a checkpoint on Saturday and seized their weapons and ammunition, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The...
BEIRUT- Syrian rebel fighters killed 12 members of a pro-regime militia during clashes overnight in the central city of Homs, and troops responded by shelling them on Friday, monitors said. The...
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