CAIRO- Military prosecutors are to decide whether to take action over a complaint against 12 leading Egyptians of harming the army's image and seeking to overthrow the state, judicial sources said on...

LONDON- Robert B. Sherman, the composer of the "Mary Poppins" song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and other Disney classics, has died in London aged 86, his publicist said on Tuesday."He died...

MONTREAL- Octogenarian Jewish writer Akos Kertesz of Hungary is seeking asylum in Canada because of a "political campaign" against him, sources close to him in this country confirmed Monday.Kertesz,...

DAMASCUS- Syrian artillery on Sunday pounded the rebel city of Rastan, killing seven civilians, monitors said as the Red Cross delivered aid to refugees from the battered Homs quarter of Baba Amr but...

RIYADH- Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on Sunday urged Moscow to "advise" its ally Syria to stop its deadly crackdown against dissent."Unfortunately, international efforts have failed...

TRIPOLI, Dominique Soguel- The commander of a Libyan militia that has detained two British journalists working for Iran's English-language Press TV said Sunday the men were being held for illegal...

"Five other soldiers were also wounded" in the blast at the base in Bayda, 170 kilometres (105 miles) southwest of Sanaa and bordering Abyan province, an Al-Qaeda stronghold, the source...

WASHINGTON- The United States said Friday it was still asking Egypt to drop charges against US and other democracy activists, who were able to fly out of the country after the judiciary lifted a...

DAMASCUS- Syrian forces overran the Baba Amr district of powderkeg Homs on Thursday after rebels retreated, potentially marking a turning point in President Bashar al-Assad's bid to crush an...