DAMASCUS- More than 60 people were killed in a regime air strike on a bakery in a rebel-held town on Sunday, monitors said, as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi launched a new bid to resolve Syria's brutal...
CAIRO, Ines Bel Aiba- Egypt's opposition said on Sunday it will appeal a referendum seen as voting in a new constitution backed by ruling Islamists, and vowed to keep up a struggle that has spawned...
LONDON- Britain's former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was "in good spirits" in hospital Sunday, her spokesman said, as she continues her recovery from a bladder operation. Thatcher, 87, was...
DAMASCUS- Islamist rebels warned two Christian towns on Saturday they will be attacked if they do not evict regime forces, as the new Greek Orthodox patriarch said Syria's often-fearful Christians...
DAMASCUS- The Syrian regime has fired Scud-style missiles at rebels, NATO said Friday, as Russia raised the alarm over the risk of chaos in Syria and Palestinians forced to flee their Damascus camp...
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Haitham El-Tabei- Clashes between rival demonstrators erupted on Friday in Egypt's second city Alexandria, on the eve of the final round of a referendum on a divisive new...
LONDON- Hugh Grant has accepted a "substantial sum" from Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid publisher over phone hacking by the News of the World, the British actor's lawyer said on Friday. The "Four...
JERUSALEM- Most Palestinians support both rocket fire into Israel and their people's enhanced UN status while still viewing peaceful negotiation as the best way to achieve statehood, a poll showed on...
LONDON- WikiLeaks will release one million documents next year affecting every country in the world, founder Julian Assange said in a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London on...
CAIRO- Egypt's chief public prosecutor on Thursday retracted his resignation, days after offering to step down following protests by prosecutors and judges against his appointment by President...