BEIRUT- A Lebanese journalist abducted by a rebel group in northern Syria said he was "under house arrest... and in good health" in an amateur video distributed through his employer on Sunday. "I am...
CAIRO- Five Egyptian Coptic Christians were injured Sunday in clashes with Muslims at a church in a village south of Cairo, security sources said. The violence took place as Muslim villagers...
DAMASCUS- Fighting raged across Syria and air raids struck near Damascus and in the north on Saturday after a ceasefire declared for a Muslim holiday collapsed, with at least 221 people killed since...
RABAT- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's Western Sahara envoy Christopher Ross, spurned by Morocco in May, began a visit to the kingdom early on Saturday, the foreign ministry said. Details of the...
DUBAI- A Bahraini policeman has died from severe burns after a "terrorist" attack in April in a Shiite village close to Manama, the authorities said on Friday. The policeman "succumbed to his...
ROME, Ljubomir Milasin- Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was on Friday sentenced to four years in jail -- quickly reduced to one -- for tax fraud with Italy's lengthy appeals process...
DAMASCUS- Syria's army and main rebel force said they will cease fire on Friday, in line with an internationally backed truce during a Muslim holiday, but both reserved the right to respond to any...
RIYADH- Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it had expelled three employees of Syria's consulate in Jeddah. A spokesman for the Saudi foreign ministry said the three had been told to leave for activities...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Mai Yaghi- Tensions were high around Gaza on Wednesday as Israel vowed to punish Hamas after launching raids that killed four militants in response to rocket fire...
LONDON, Danny Kemp- The BBC warned the British government on Wednesday against infringing its independence, while the scandal over sex abuse allegations against late television star Jimmy Savile...
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