BEIRUT- Rebels in Aleppo in northern Syria severely tortured a 54-year-old Kurdish man who died after being thrown out onto the streets of the city's embattled Sheikh Maqsud district, a watchdog said...
LONDON, Danny Kemp- The BBC said Friday it will play just five seconds of "Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead" on its weekly radio chart show after it surged towards the top spot following Margaret...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and his prime minister will try to settle a dispute that led Salam Fayyad to consider his resignation, during a joint meeting in...
CAIRO- Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi promoted military commanders on Thursday in show of support for the army amid rumours of tensions between the Islamist leader and the once ruling generals. The...
GENEVA- The United Nations launched a plan Friday aimed at all but eradicating childhood deaths from diarrhoea and pneumonia by 2025, in a bid to save the lives of some two million children every...
WARSAW, Anna Maria Jakubek- For a Shakespeare play with a twist, a Polish arts troupe cast inmates alongside professional actors in an effort to engage those on the sidelines of society. The six men,...
OTTAWA- A Canadian high school student has improved an ineffective experimental cancer therapy with a simple tweak -- pairing it with antibiotics -- earning accolades Tuesday from a panel of eminent...
WASHINGTON- African-Americans with a certain gene variant have nearly double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease than those without it, a new study out Tuesday found. But the gene...
DAMASCUS, Rim Haddad- A huge suicide car bomb ripped through the heart of Damascus on Monday, killing at least 15 people, as Syria refused to allow in a UN team to probe the alleged use of chemical...
NOUAKCHOTT- The Arab Journalists Union on Monday lamented legal threats and restrictions affecting reporters working in the region, particularly in Egypt and Tunisia. The AJU "denounces legal...
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