DAMASCUS- Syrian forces tried to storm the rebel bastion of Rastan on Wednesday under cover of heavy gunfire, shelling and rocket bombardment, reports said, as Damascus admitted sanctions were biting...
A medical source at a mortuary in Ramadi confirmed the death toll, but said that 11 people -- six women and five men -- were wounded in the attack. A lieutenant colonel in the Ramadi police said...
BAQUBA, Iraq- Bombings in the centre of the ethnically-mixed city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, killed six people including four children on Tuesday, an army officer and a doctor said. The attacks...
TEHRAN- Iran's customs service is holding on to a multi-million-dollar painting by US artist Jackson Pollock over "undeclared debt" owed to it by the government, an official from Tehran's museum of...
BEIRUT, Rana Moussaoui- Street battles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in Beirut killed two people on Monday, a security official said, sparking concerns of a wider conflict in Lebanon. The...
LONDON- The death of the only person convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people should not prevent a public inquiry into his trial, Britain's press said Monday. Abdelbaset Ali...
DAMASCUS- A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in eastern Syria on Saturday killing nine people, as G8 leaders called for a "political transition" in Syria and an end to violence that has claimed an...
THE HAGUE- A lawyer for Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam said Friday he doubted Libya was able or willing to try his client, as he asked the International Criminal Court to report the matter to the...
WASHINGTON- French opera seems to be hitting just the right note in the United States. Concert halls across America are showcasing francophone conductors and productions with distinct ties to Paris....
TRIPOLI- Libya faces the daunting task of vetting thousands of candidates wishing to compete in June elections for a constituent assembly, with several bodies involved in the process. "If a person...
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