RABAT- A human rights group on Tuesday said Moroccan authorities violated their obligation of impartiality by using religion and the media to promote a "yes" vote in the recent constitutional...

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- Rupert Murdoch faced an onslaught from British lawmakers Tuesday as the government backed calls for him to drop his bid for pay TV giant BSkyB and a committee summoned him to...

WASHINGTON, Christophe Schmidt- Envoys from the Middle East Quartet gathered here Monday to urge Israelis and the Palestinians to resume peace talks aiming to avoid a major showdown at the United...

DUBAI, Lynne Nahhas- Syrian security forces use tanks, bullets and tear gas against anti-regime protesters by day, but by night they are more stealthy, targeting dissent using the opposition's own...

DOHA, Faisal Baatout- Al-Jazeera satellite news channel on Sunday condemned what it called a campaign of threats against its journalists because of its coverage of uprisings in the Arab world....

PARIS, Marlowe Hood- Millions of tonnes of plastic debris dumped each year in the world's oceans could pose a lethal threat to whales, according to a scientific assessment to be presented at a key...

GUATEMALA CITY, Edgar Calderon- Facundo Cabral, a well-known singer and songwriter in the Spanish-speaking world, was shot to death Saturday in his car after two performances in Guatemala, officials...

PARIS- World leaders hailed the birth on Saturday of the Republic of South Sudan, the world's newest nation, as a historic event bringing to a close 50 years of conflict in northeastern Africa....

LOS ANGELES, Romain Raynaldy- Dinosaurs have captivated the public for decades, but a new US exhibit aims to show that there is still much about the giant reptiles that baffles experts and amateurs...