SIRTE, Jay Deshmukh and Daphne Benoit- Forces from Libya's new regime launched a fierce assault on two areas of Moamer Kadhafi's hometown of Sirte on Friday, as their comrades clashed with supporters...

TUNIS- Tunisian extremists fire-bombed the home of a TV station chief Friday, hours after militants protesting its broadcast of a film they say violated Islamic values clashed with police in the...

SINGAPORE- Scientists in Singapore said Friday they have discovered a process that can expand the data storage capacity of computer hard disks six-fold using a common kitchen ingredient -- table...

SIRTE, Jay Deshmukh- Libya's new regime fighters retreated Thursday under heavy fire from Moamer Kadhafi diehards in his hometown Sirte as their leaders backtracked on an announcement they had...

TRIPOLI- Mutassim Kadhafi, a son of Libya's former leader, has been arrested in his hometown of Sirte, the new National Transitional Council said Wednesday. "Mutassim Kadhafi was captured at Sirte...

GENEVA- Switzerland said Wednesday it would expedite the return of funds once held by former leaders Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak to Tunisia and Egypt. "Switzerland is the seventh...

WASHINGTON, Fabienne Faur- Nearly a century after it was stolen by a German soldier during World War I, and after a decade of transatlantic legal wrangling, a painting by French Realist Jules Breton...

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called Saudi Ambassador Adel Al-Jubeir to express solidarity over an alleged plot by Iranian government agents to assassinate him, the White House...

DAMASCUS- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad plans to create a new constitution, a top ruling party official said on Tuesday, as China joined long-time ally Russia in pressing for prompt reforms in a...