TUNIS, Kaouther Larbi- Two people were killed Friday and dozens injured in clashes at the US embassy in Tunis, where protests over an anti-Islam film degenerated into violence that left smoke...

GENEVA- Over 2,000 Syrian schools have been damaged or destroyed and hundreds more are being used as shelters, the UN said Friday, warning it faced a staggering challenge to prepare for the new...

DAMASCUS- Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said on Thursday the deadly conflict in Syria was getting worse as he arrived on his first official trip aimed at ending nearly 18 months of violence. "We came...

TUNIS- Tunisian police on Wednesday fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Salafist demonstrators outside the US embassy in Tunis gathered to condemn a film deemed offensive to Islam, an AFP...

BENGHAZI, Libya- An armed mob protesting over a film they said offended Islam, attacked the US consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday and set fire to the building, killing one American, witnesses and...

"The discovery that these two courses of treatment do not differ significantly could eventually change the way doctors and patients manage asthma, providing an option that is easier to follow and...

TOKYO- A hospital in Japan is checking the qualifications of all of its doctors after a man believed to have no medical licence examined more than 2,300 of its patients. The man conducted medical...

BAGHDAD, Ammar Karim- Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a top critic of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, was convicted of murder on Sunday and sentenced to the gallows, in a decision...

KHARTOUM, Ian Timberlake- He speaks with a German accent and prefers coffee to Sudan's favourite, tea, but three decades after last setting foot in his ancestral home Sudan, Arab author Tarek Eltayeb...