DAMASCUS- Syria's government, under massive pressure to reform or quit, has adopted a draft law allowing for new political parties to operate alongside the ruling Baath party. However, the...

JERUSALEM- A new social networking site for ultra-Orthodox Jews takes customary segregation of the sexes online and also bars pictures or ads deemed immodest in ultra-Orthodox society. Go to...

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi launched a counter-offensive on rebels in the southwest on Sunday but were repulsed, after NATO warplanes blitzed military targets...

CAIRO- Six months after they launched a revolution that ousted the regime, Egyptian bloggers have acknowledged that it takes more than a Facebook page on the Internet to overthrow a dictator. "The...

Graphene comprises just a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb-shaped, hexagonal lattice. The substance is chemically very simple but extremely strong, conducts electricity,...

OSLO, Marc Preel- Every hour they came in their hundreds, some of them in tears, to leave flowers, Norwegian flags or to light candles in memory of the dead. In the heart of Oslo, the tributes...

DAMASCUS- Syrian forces on Saturday stormed villages in the northwest and rounded up civilians in the flashpoint city of Homs, activists said, as UN officials pointed to possible crimes against...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Bloody clashes erupted in Cairo on Saturday between protesters demanding political change and loyalists of the ruling military council, hours after the military ruler pledged...

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Sixteen rebel fighters have died in two days of fighting for Zliten, the last coastal city between insurgent-held Misrata and the capital, rebels said Friday, also claiming an...