BANI WALID, Imed Lamloum- Deadly clashes erupted on Monday in Bani Walid, with a Libyan minister denying local officials' claims the attack on the former bastion of Moamer Kadhafi was carried out by...

WASHINGTON- The United States on Sunday approved a visit from Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh for medical treatment but said it was with the understanding that he would stay only for a "limited...

NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- In the brave new world of MP3 players, compact discs are dying, cassettes are Stone Age, and old-fashioned vinyl records... they're back! It might seem that nothing...

SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- The Yemeni parliament adopted on Saturday a law giving veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution in return for stepping down under a Gulf-brokered...

LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Legendary US blues and soul singer Etta James, best known for her 1960 hit "At Last," died Friday from complications of leukemia aged 73, her manager said. Among the...

RAMALLAH- The Israeli army on Thursday arrested the Palestinian parliamentary speaker, Hamas member Aziz Dweik, in the West Bank, a senior colleague told AFP. Dweik was detained by soldiers at a...

DAMASCUS- As Syria rules out any deployment of Arab troops on its soil to quell a bloody 10-month crackdown on protests, here is a timeline of the main positions and measures adopted by the Arab...

DAMASCUS- UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the Security Council to act on Syria as President Bashar al-Assad came under new pressure with defections and signs of increasing cooperation among his...

CAIRO- Egyptian tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa, who was jailed in 2010 for the murder of a Lebanese pop singer, will be retried next month as sought by prosecutors who complained his 15-year sentence...