DAMASCUS- Twin suicide bombings killed at least 20 soldiers in Syria's south on Saturday, a watchdog said, as a unity deal still eluded the opposition despite several days of foreign-backed efforts....
DAMASCUS- Heavy fighting between Syrian rebels and troops sent thousands fleeing into Turkey on Friday, as President Bashar al-Assad said only the ballot box could decide his future and the main...
There are already several fake Twitter accounts set up in the pope's name -- some of which are used to mock the 85-year-old German pontiff. Vatican officials said the account will propagate the...
LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- The man behind the anti-Islam video blamed for sparking deadly protests in the Muslim world was jailed in the US for a year Wednesday for breaching the terms of his...
DAMASCUS- Syrian rebels shelled a key area of Damascus, home to Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, embassies and government buildings on Wednesday, as they stepped up attacks on the president's...
UNITED NATIONS- The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor on Wednesday called on Libya's new government to deny amnesty for war crimes committed by the forces which ousted Moamer Kadhafi....
CAIRO- An Egyptian court has overturned the suspension of a state-owned daily's editor after the newspaper carried a report that two former military chiefs were being investigated for corruption, the...
DUBAI- Bahraini police have arrested four suspects in connection with bombings that killed two Asian expatriates in the capital Manama, the official BNA news agency reported on Tuesday. The news...
DAMASCUS- Syrian rebels launched a devastating car bomb attack Monday that killed 50 pro-regime fighters, a watchdog said, as air strikes pounded rebel positions and the opposition held talks on an...
LOS ANGELES- Disney's animated romp "Wreck-It Ralph" rang up a huge weekend at North American box offices, taking in $49 million -- almost double the total of the number two film, industry data...