JERUSALEM, Jean-Luc Renaudie- A volley of rockets fired from Lebanon slammed into Israel on Tuesday, prompting the Israeli military to return fire, and raising new tensions in an already volatile...

RIYADH- Saudi security forces have withdrawn from Shiite villages in Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia following unrest last week in which four people were killed, witnesses said on Monday. The move...

CAIRO, Mona Salem- Arab foreign ministers on Sunday agreed sweeping sanctions against Damascus to punish President Bashar al-Assad's regime for failing to halt a deadly crackdown on protests, as the...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Egypt's army ruler on Sunday urged voters to turn out in force in the country's first post-revolution election that has been clouded by violence, demonstrations and a standoff...

KUWAIT CITY- Three Kuwaiti ministers plan to quit in protest over the strained political situation and the move is expected to lead to the cabinet's resignation and dissolution of parliament, a local...

LONDON, Danny Kemp - Britain's tabloids are braced for more damaging celebrity testimony this week at a public inquiry that has turned the tables on Fleet Street and could lead to major changes in...

It carries a robotic arm, a drill, and a set of 10 science instruments including two color video cameras. Sensors will enable it to report back on the Martian weather and the levels of radiation...

SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered a probe after his loyalists killed five people in Sanaa on Thursday, a day after he signed a deal to immediately hand all...

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- A new government line-up in Tripoli drew praise from Washington Wednesday as a "significant step" towards democracy, but barbs from Libya's regions highlighted the challenge of...