MOSCOW- The five permanent members of the UN Security Council are set to discuss the deteriorating situation in Syria at a meeting at the end of January, a Russian diplomat said Monday. Russia's...
PARIS- Algeria has authorised French warplanes to use its airspace for bombing raids on neighbouring Mali, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday. Fabius, who was speaking after French...
DAMASCUS- Russia called on Saturday for a political transition in Syria, while Switzerland said it would petition the International Criminal Court to probe war crimes in the country. Regime warplanes...
DAMASCUS- Rebels overran Taftanaz airbase in northern Syria on Friday, a watchdog said, in a significant advance, as talks between the UN peace envoy and US and Russian officials failed to make...
BEIRUT, Serene Assir- The worst storms in a decade left swathes of Israel and Jordan under a blanket of snow and parts of Lebanon blacked out on Thursday, bringing misery to a region accustomed to...
WASHINGTON- Women and girls are being left behind as the Internet spreads across the globe, with almost a third of all humanity now online, said a study released Thursday by hi-tech giant Intel...
OTTAWA- Reflecting on a recent photo he snapped from outer space of war-torn Syria, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield appealed for peace from his perch in the sky, saying Thursday: "We're all in this...
Abu dhabi - Sinan Antoon, Jana Elhassan, Mohammed Hassan Alwan, Ibrahim Issa, Saud Alsanousi and Hussein Al-Wad are today, Wednesday 9 January, announced as the six authors shortlisted for the 2013...
WASHINGTON- UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will meet with top Russian and US officials in Geneva on Friday, for fresh talks on how to end the bloody 21-month conflict in Syria. Both Moscow and...
CAIRO- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal began talks in Cairo late on Wednesday on a stalled reconciliation deal between the rival factions, an AFP...
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