KARACHI- A leading Indian poet who won an Oscar for writing song lyrics for the smash hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" has pulled out of Pakistan's top literary festival at the last minute, organisers...
DAMASCUS- Rebels on Tuesday overran a military air base and captured warplanes, gaining ground in northern Syria for a second straight day as the UN said the death toll from the 23-month conflict was...
CAIRO- Egyptian protesters took to the street again on Tuesday to demand an end to sexual violence, as campaigns against the repeated attacks in central Cairo pick up steam. "A woman's voice is a...
DAMASCUS- President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Monday not to bow to mounting pressure and "plots", almost two years into a deadly revolt in Syria, as at least 13 people were killed when a car exploded...
TUNIS, Antoine Lambroschini- Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali's gamble on forming a new cabinet in defiance of his Islamist party after the murder of an opposition head left Tunisia in political limbo...
TUNIS, Antoine Lambroschini- Tunisia's prime minister threatened to quit on Saturday and warned of chaos unless key ministries held by fellow Islamists go to independents in a new government of...
KIRKUK, Iraq- The newly appointed patriarch of Iraq's largest Christian community said on Saturday that the Arab Spring had been hijacked by narrow interests and had promoted tension and bloodshed....
DAMASCUS- The Syrian regime is prepared to have dialogue with its political opponents, but without "preconditions", the information minister said Friday in response to an offer from the opposition...
TOKYO- People whose homes or farms were hit by radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant will file class-action lawsuits next month to seek damages from the Japanese government, lawyers...
DAMASCUS- Troops overran a rebel town and were locked in a second day of fierce clashes around Damascus on Thursday, as Islamic states urged Syria's regime and its foes to hold "serious" talks to end...
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