BAGHDAD, Salam Faraj- A wave of attacks killed 50 people in more than a dozen Iraqi cities on Tuesday, the anniversary of the US-led invasion of the country and just days before Baghdad hosts a...

UNITED NATIONS- A Western-drafted statement on Syria that could be voted Tuesday by the UN Security Council would call for possible "further measures" if President Bashar al-Assad does not carry out...

NOUAKCHOTT- Libya's vice-premier said Monday his country was determined to have Moamer Kadhafi's ex-spy chief, also wanted by the International Criminal Court, extradited to stand trial on home...

CAIRO, Christophe de Roquefeuil- Egypt's military rulers have declared a national day of mourning for the funeral on Tuesday of Coptic Pope Shenuda III, the spiritual leader of the Middle East's...

DUBAI- Bahrain's Shiite-led opposition expressed on Monday readiness for dialogue with authorities to end the political deadlock in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, but demanded a referendum on the...

DAMASCUS- A third deadly car bombing hit a Syrian city on Sunday, as experts from the UN and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation began a mission to assess the humanitarian impact of the year-long...

"They have expressed a desire to leave Libya," he added.The two journalists, Nicholas Davies and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, were seated beside the official during the press conference, looking tired...

Seven years ago, I was invited to the House of Lords to talk about Syria, the kingdom of fear and silence. I remember we sat in Moses Hall, and I spent some time contemplating the picture of Moses,...

ADEN- Yemeni security forces were on Saturday hunting for suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen who abducted a Swiss woman this week with no immediate leads in sight, a security official said."We are pursuing...