Palm Desert (California) – Abdul Rahman Bitar - Who would have imagined that the desert between Los Angeles and San Diego is full of date-producing oases and winter tourism? Many people do not know...
MOSCOW- Exiled Russian tycoon and Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky, who died Saturday, said the day before his death that "his life no longer made sense," according to interview published on Forbes'...
PARIS- Disease experts called Sunday for decisive leadership and more research funding to fend off the "very real" risk of an untreatable strain of tuberculosis (TB) emerging as more and more people...
PARIS- Iconic landmarks and skylines were plunged into darkness on Saturday as the "Earth Hour" switch-off of lights around the world got under way to raise awareness of climate change. Organisers...
CAIRO, Haitham El-Tabei- Opposition protesters clashed with Islamists near the headquarters of Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the capital on Friday, injuring more than 120 people, state news...
LONDON- Some 97 percent of British family doctors admit giving patients placebos, and more than three-quarters say they prescribe them at least once a week, a survey released on Thursday found....
LAGOS- Africa's first Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka and a renowned poet, John Pepper Clark, said Friday they have lost "a brother, a colleague" with the death of Nigerian novelist Chinua...
CAIRO- Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood warned on Thursday that it will defend its headquarters as hundreds of its members gathered outside the building ahead of an opposition protest. The Islamists...
BEIRUT- Regime forces shelled areas in the south of Damascus on Wednesday, including the Yarmuk camp, while warplanes bombed areas in the north and centre of the country, the Syrian Observatory for...
TUNIS- Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on Tunisia to "urgently" repeal its criminal defamation law, which can lead to two years in jail and which it said has a "chilling effect" on freedom of...