AL SHUNAH, Jordan- King Abdullah II of Jordan, where some 500,000 refugees from the conflict in Syria are being sheltered, called on Saturday for an urgent political solution to the conflict raging...

CANNES, France- Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski on Saturday blamed birth control pills for "masculinising" women, as he premiered what he called a satire on sexism. Polanski unveiled "Venus in...

DAMASCUS- Syrian rebels kept up resistance Saturday to a Hezbollah-backed government assault on a strategic central town as pressure grew on a political opposition in disarray to attend a peace...

MOSCOW, Dmitry Zaks- Syria's most powerful ally Russia on Friday said the Damascus regime had agreed to attend an international peace conference on the crisis that world powers hope will take place...

WASHINGTON, Joseph Krauss- WikiLeaks has released an annotated version of a leaked transcript of a documentary in a bid to counter a film that takes a critical look at the anti-secrecy group and...

STOCKHOLM, Pia Ohlin- Stockholm experienced a sixth straight night of riots early Saturday, with cars torched in several immigrant-dominated suburbs, as Britain and the United States warned against...

OGIDI, Nigeria, Joel Olatunde Agoi- Thousands mourned Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe on Thursday at the hometown funeral of the man regarded as the father of modern African literature, best known for...

BAYREUTH, Germany- Braving blustery showers and unseasonally chilly temperatures, hundreds of people turned out in Bayreuth Wednesday to celebrate the 200th birthday of German composer Richard...

LONDON- One of the two alleged killers of a British soldier on a street in south-east London on Wednesday explained his actions on an amateur video obtained by the television channel ITV. The young...