DAMASCUS- Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad "massacred" about 100 people, including many women and children, at a village in central Syria on Wednesday, the opposition Syrian National Council...
TRIPOLI- The US diplomatic mission in Libya's main eastern city of Benghazi came under attack and one person was wounded, officials said on Wednesday. "There was an attack late last night on the...
CAIRO, Mona Salem- Crowds of Egyptians packed Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square on Tuesday for a mass demonstration to protest against verdicts handed down in ex-president Hosni Mubarak's murder trial....
TRIPOLI- The first trial of a senior official accused of killing demonstrators in the 2011 uprising against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi opened on Tuesday. Former foreign intelligence chief Bouzid...
BAGHDAD, Mohamad Ali Harissi and Ammar Karim- A suicide attacker blew up a bomb-packed car at a Shiite foundation's headquarters in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 25 people and sparking fears of...
Kadhafi was the first leader to be killed in the so-called Arab Spring. - 23: The new ruling National Transitional Council declares the "total liberation" of Libya and says more than 30,000 were...
CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush and Jailan Zayan- Five of six security chiefs tried with ousted president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters were to be released on Sunday, as Egypt's state prosecutor...
BEIRUT- Lebanese soldiers and security forces entered areas of the northern city of Tripoli on Sunday to restore calm after deadly clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian regime gunmen, a security...
PARIS, Richard Ingham- When Venus next week eclipses Earth, an event that will not occur again for more than a century, millions of skygazers may have romantic thoughts about our closest neighbour...
DAMASCUS- Arab leaders called Saturday for UN action as at least 39 people were killed in Syria amid growing fears that envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan is failing and the country is heading for all-out...