DAMASCUS- Syrian troops and Hezbollah allies Friday pressed their assault on the strategic town of Qusayr, as concern grew for residents and hundreds of rebels reportedly broke through army lines to...
LONDON- A British national has been killed in Syria, the Foreign Office confirmed on Friday, after a monitoring group said Syrian soldiers had killed three westerners. "We understand that a British...
LOS ANGELES- Tributes poured in Thursday for award-winning US fantasy and science-fiction writer Jack Vance, after he died at home in California aged 96. "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin...
ISTANBUL- Syria's divided opposition group officially expanded early Friday to include 43 new members, after eight days of meetings marred by internal bickering and international pressure. The total...
MONTPELLIER, France, Remy Zaka- Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau said "I do" on Wednesday at an emotional ceremony celebrating France's first official gay marriage after months of sometimes violent...
WASHINGTON- The United States said Tuesday it supports the European Union's decision to ease an arms embargo on Syria as a means of showing support for rebels despite America's own refusal to provide...
LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- A judge set bail at $2 million Tuesday for a US teenager accused of planning a Columbine-style attack on his school using explosives and guns, as macabre details...
TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- The president of Libya's highest political body will resign on Tuesday, three weeks after a law was passed banning those who served under the ousted regime of late dictator...
DRESDEN, Germany, Eloi Rouyer - Former victims of East Germany's spying apparatus and a state informant recount their dark memories in a play that, more than two decades after the collapse of the...
BEIRUT, Karim Abu Merhi- Two rockets hit Hezbollah's heartland in Beirut on Sunday as the Lebanese Shiite group battled alongside Syrian regime forces and Damascus said it agreed "in principle" to...
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