CAIRO- Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak was transferred on Wednesday to a military hospital almost a week after slipping and injuring himself in a prison shower, a security official said....

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- An official report on Wednesday strongly criticised the BBC's handling of allegations of child sex abuse against late presenter Jimmy Savile, but cleared the world's biggest...

PARIS- Tau Ceti, one of our closest stars, is a good candidate for hosting an Earth-like planet, astronomers reported on Wednesday. Located a relatively close 12 light years away, the Sun-like star...

WASHINGTON, Joseph Krauss- NBC correspondent Richard Engel and his production crew have escaped captors in Syria after a five-day abduction at the hands of pro-regime militiamen who tormented them...

JERUSALEM, Steve Weizman- Israeli authorities on Tuesday rejected a plan to build around 800 new settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem, but were expected to approve more constructions elsewhere,...

PARIS- "Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." Er, not quite. Get a magnifying glass and take a close look at your Christmas...

MUSLIMIYEH, Syria, Prashant Rao- A key tactical victory for rebels in northern Syria proved bittersweet when a well-respected commander was killed, with fighters recalling a father figure with a...

"The provinces of Ghadames, Ghat, Obari, Al-Shati, Sebha, Murzuq and Kufra are considered as closed military zones to be ruled under emergency law," the decree stipulated. It gave the defence...

PARIS- French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius condemned Sunday's air strikes on Palestinian refugee camps in Syria and said the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was nearing its end. "It's a...