OTTAWA- Canada is hosting websites of the Syrian government in a possible breach of sanctions over a deadly crackdown by President Bashar al-Assad's forces, Canadian researchers said Thursday. An...

TANGIERS- Morocco recalled its ambassador from Damascus Wednesday after its embassy there was attacked by pro-regime protesters as the Arab League told Syria to halt a "bloody repression". King...

ROME- Italy's former prime minister and cruise-ship crooner Silvio Berlusconi released an album of love songs on his last day in office on Wednesday. The self-declared Latin lover, who often...

LONDON- British doctors on Tuesday said they had cured a baby boy of a life-threatening liver disease using a pioneering treatment in which cells are injected into the abdomen. The team from...

BEIRUT, Khaled Soubeih- When he fled brutal persecution by the regime of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, opposition activist Saeed believed neighbouring Lebanon would offer a safe haven. But...

JERUSALEM, Steve Weizman- Envoys from the international peacemaking Quartet seemed to make no headway Monday after separate meetings with Israeli and Palestinians officials in a bid to kickstart...

SANAA- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Monday he will quit for "sure" after the government agrees with the opposition on a mechanism for implementing a power transfer plan. In an...

CHICAGO- Thieves have snatched a copper sword from the burial site of president Abraham Lincoln, one of the most revered leaders in US history, local media reported. The roughly three-foot...

DAMASCUS- The Arab League is to hold a fresh meeting on Syria on Wednesday, an official said, amid signs of cracks in the resolve of the 22-member bloc to suspend Damascus over its lethal crackdown...