JERUSALEM, Anna Smolchenko- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday cautioned against foreign interference in Syria during a rare visit to Israel aimed at burnishing Kremlin's credentials as a key...

QUITO- Lonesome George has died, leaving the world one species poorer. The only remaining Pinta Island tortoise and celebrated conservation icon passed away Sunday, the Galapagos National Park...

DAMASCUS- NATO said on Sunday it will discuss Turkey's accusation that Syria shot down one of its warplanes in international airspace, as Damascus suffered heavy casualties and violence scaled new...

PARIS- Not unlike some among their human counterparts, male blue tits lose interest when their mates' beauty starts fading, staying out longer and neglecting their offspring, a report said Monday....

DAMASCUS- More than 100 people were reported killed Saturday in violence across Syria, as Turkey downplayed the Syrian shooting down of a Turkish plane while President Bashar al-Assad formed a new...

DAMASCUS- The Syrian regime accused rebels on Friday of carrying out a "brutal massacre" of 25 of its supporters, as neighbouring Turkey held emergency talks after one of its warplanes went down in...

DUBAI- Bahraini security forces on Friday fired rubber bullets to disperse an unauthorised rally by the opposition Al-Wefaq wounding its leader, the Shiite bloc said. Sheikh Ali Salman was "wounded...

DAMASCUS- A Syrian airforce colonel won political asylum after landing his MiG fighter in Jordan Thursday, as a watchdog reported the deadliest day of fighting in Syria since the battered April...

BENGHAZI, Libya- Libyan judge Jumaa Hassan al-Jazwi, who ordered the arrest of Moamer Kadhafi's ex-interior minister after he defected to lead rebels last year and died in mysterious circumstances,...