DUBAI- Amnesty International on Monday urged Saudi Arabia to free Shiite prisoners arrested for taking part in "peaceful" protests and those detained without charge in the kingdom's Eastern province....

CASABLANCA, Morocco, Omar Bouksy- Tens of thousands of Moroccans took to the streets of Casablanca on Sunday in the largest opposition protest since an Islamist-led government took office, reflecting...

DUBAI- A Bahraini court on Sunday jailed six Shiites for 15 years for plotting attacks in the Gulf kingdom, including an attempt to blow up the causeway with Saudi Arabia, lawyers said. The six men...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush and Ines Bel Aiba- The apparent winners of the first round of Egypt's landmark presidential vote reached out to rival candidates on Saturday ahead of a June run-off, as...

ANKARA- A group of Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped in Syria and said by Lebanese authorities to have reached Turkey are not in the country after all, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Saturday....

DAMASCUS- More than 70 people were killed across Syria on Friday, monitors said, as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets and tanks were deployed in the country's second largest city....

PARIS, Michel Moutot- French writer and philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy will stride the red carpet at Cannes Friday with four Libyan rebels for the premiere of his documentary on the Libyan war, "The...

AMMAN- Jordan's MPs on Thursday gave their vote of confidence to Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh, who faces a tough challenge to offset a huge deficit and hold elections to meet reform demands. The...

LONDON, Danny Kemp- The UN Security Council has failed to match the courage shown by protesters around the world and is increasingly "unfit for purpose," Amnesty International said in its annual...