PARIS, Angus MacKinnon- Move over Mona Lisa! Paris is about to unveil a new work of art that, just like Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, will be seen by millions of visitors every year. From...

LONDON- Syria must grant unrestricted access to a UN investigation team following France's announcement that it has proof that President Bashar al-Assad's regime is using sarin gas in the country's...

DAMASCUS- A missile strike near Syria's biggest city Aleppo killed 26 people and government warplanes pounded Qusayr, a watchdog said Monday, as a regime offensive to retake the town entered its...

ISTANBUL, Roland Lloyd Parry- Clashes re-erupted in Turkish cities Monday as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shrugged off mass protests against his Islamic-rooted government that have left at...

DAMASCUS- Syria's air force bombarded Qusayr on Sunday, two weeks into a Hezbollah-backed assault, as the regime said it will only allow the Red Cross into the embattled town once it has defeated...

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Nasser Abu Bakr- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday named Rami Hamdallah to form a new government and the university chief said he accepted the task, as...

CHICAGO, Mira Oberman- A simple vinegar test cut cervical cancer rates among Indian women by nearly a third and could prevent 73,000 deaths worldwide each year, the authors of a large-scale study...

DAMASCUS- Syrian rebels were bracing Sunday for a fresh assault in Qusayr by the army and its Hezbollah allies, after fierce fighting the previous day in the north of the town, a watchdog said. Fears...

BAGHDAD, Ammar Karim- Iraq was hit in May by its worst violence in five years, further stoking fears of all-out sectarian strife, as its top two political rivals publicly embraced on Saturday in a...