WELLINGTON- Children who watch excessive amounts of television are more likely to have criminal convictions and show aggressive personality traits as adults, a New Zealand study has found. The...
BENGHAZI, Libya, Ibrahim al-Majbari- Libya on Sunday celebrated two years since the start of the revolt which toppled longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with security forces on high alert due to fears...
MANAMA- Clashes broke out on Saturday at the funeral in Bahrain of a teenager killed in protests marking the second anniversary of a Shiite-led uprising, with police using tear gas against mourners,...
DAMASCUS- Syrian rebels captured a military airbase in the north on Friday and geared up for a major battle against loyalists as the opposition said it refuses to accept President Bashar al-Assad in...
TUNIS, Kaouther Larbi- Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announced on Friday that talks on the formation of a new government of technocrats had been rescheduled for Monday, after he met the...
BEIRUT- An armed group in northwest Syria on Thursday hijacked a bus and kidnapped at least 40 civilians, mostly women and children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "Most of the victims...
UNITED NATIONS- The United Nations on Thursday denied reports that new peace plan is being drawn up for Syria involving the creation of a senate to oversee a power transition. Saudi newspaper Asharq...
"Ornithologists have long patted themselves on the back, believing that the taxonomy of birds was almost complete," researcher George Sangster from the Swedish Museum of Natural History, told AFP....
DAMASCUS- Rebels in northern Syria on Wednesday seized most of a military base, their third a major battlefield success in as many days, as Russia said it will host talks with both the regime and...
MANAMA, Wissam Keyrouz- Thousands of Bahraini Shiites took to the streets Wednesday on the eve of the second anniversary of their crushed uprising, as a national dialogue aimed at ending a political...