TUNIS, Sonia Bakaric- The fall of the police state in the Tunisian uprising in January has left journalists seeking new sources and points of reference for their work, demanding a right to the free...
PARIS- Media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) added Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa to its latest blacklist of "predators" against press freedom on Tuesday.
The king...
SATARA, Karishma Vyas- While countries like Japan, Canada and Australia hand out "baby bonuses" to encourage people to have children, couples in one part of India are getting cash to do just the...
NEW YORK, Luis Torres de la Llosa- Crowds thronged Ground Zero on Monday to celebrate Osama bin Laden's death, as residents of the city which bears the worst scars of the September 11 attacks said...
TUSCALOOSA, Juan Castro Olivera- Grieving storm survivors turned to prayer and the good grace of volunteers Sunday across the US south as shattered communities looked to rebuild after the...
DAMASCUS- Hundreds of dissidents were arrested across Syria on Sunday, including in the flashpoint town of Daraa and a besieged Damascus suburb, after dozens were killed in weekend protests,...
BENGHAZI- The Libyan rebel capital Benghazi was rocked by gunfire and explosions Saturday as fighters sent off volleys of celebratory fire after reports a NATO air strike killed strongman Moamer...
DAMASCUS- Troops and snipers killed six civilians on Saturday in the flashpoint Syrian city of Daraa, activists said, as people buried scores of people killed in a "day of rage" on Friday.
As...
RIYADH- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has imposed new media restrictions and threatened hefty fines and closure of news organisations allegedly undermining national security, press reports said on...
DAMASCUS- At least 62 people died in clashes on Friday when tens of thousands of protesters marked a "day of rage," activists said, as Washington and Brussels decided to slap sanctions on Syria....