DUBAI- Lawyers for five Emirati activists on trial for allegedly insulting top officials presented their arguments to an Abu Dhabi court on Monday as hundreds of government supporters protested...

LONDON, Danny Kemp- Britain's phone-hacking scandal claimed the scalps of two top policeman as Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday cut short a trip to Africa to deal with a crisis that threatens...

NICOSIA- Syria's official SANA news agency said two members of the security forces were shot dead by "terrorist groups" on Saturday in the eastern town of Abu Kamal on the border with Iraq....

SANAA, Jamal al-Jabiri- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been treated for blast wounds in Saudi Arabia since early June, will return home "soon," Deputy Information Minister Abdo...

DUBAI- Tens of thousands of people took part on Friday in a gathering of Bahrain's main Shiite opposition bloc, which is considering withdrawing from a national dialogue, the group said. The...

DOHA- The Arab League will submit to the United Nations a request for recognition of a Palestinian state, Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said on Thursday in Doha. The Arab peace initiative...

DAMASCUS- Syrian security forces killed four people on Wednesday, as the West ratcheted up pressure for UN Security Council action against Damascus, with France branding blocking moves by China and...

MUMBAI, Phil Hazlewood and Salil Panchal- Many were on their way home after work, while others were eating snacks in the narrow and bustling streets around Mumbai's abandoned opera house when a blast...

MONTREAL- The odor of dirty socks can be used to lure mosquitoes into a deadly trap before they can spread malaria, a US and Canadian-funded researcher based in Africa said Wednesday. Dr. Fredros...