AMMAN- The majority of Jordan's 7,500 staff at the UN Palestinian refugee agency began an open-ended strike on Sunday after the management failed to meet their demands for better pay and conditions....

DAMASCUS- Syrian regime troops used tear gas on Saturday to try to disperse a mass funeral attended by thousands of people who took to the streets of Damascus to mourn slain protesters, a rights...

AJACCIO- Four valuable paintings including one by French classical artist Nicolas Poussin were recovered from a car park in the Corsican capital Ajaccio, a prosecutor said Saturday. The paintings,...

ALGIERS- The Algerian judiciary on Friday released a blogger who had been detained earlier this week for posting videos calling for a boycott of the May 10 legislative polls, a rights group said....

She turned off the power, struggled to open the jammed door, and finally dashed a soaked Tabitha to the vet who treated her for shock and hypothermia. Tabitha had a little water in her lungs, but was...

DAMASCUS- Rebels killed 22 troops Wednesday in the Syrian army's deadliest day of a three-week-old ceasefire deal, even as UN observers said they were having a "calming" impact as they deploy on the...

Majid Hamid, 32, had been visiting a relative in south Baghdad and upon departing, the bombs attached to his car exploded, according to Al-Rasheed anchor Ahmed Mullah Tallal. "JFO has documented a...

CAIRO- Thugs attacked an anti-military protest near the defence ministry in Cairo on Wednesday, sparking clashes which killed 20 people in the politically tense run-up to Egypt's first post-uprising...

DAMASCUS- The UN peacekeeping chief accused both the Syrian regime and its foes of violating a ceasefire accord, as nine members of the same family and 12 troops were among 34 people killed on...