LOS ANGELES- Lights went off around the world Saturday as landmark buildings and ordinary homes flipped their switches while the annual "Earth Hour" circled the planet in what was dubbed the world's...

AJDABIYA, Sara Hussein and Michel Moutot - Libyan rebels seized control of the strategic town of Ajdabiya on Saturday, marking their first significant victory over Colonel Moamer Kadhafi's forces...

MOSCOW- Russia's most popular search engine was embroiled in a scandal on Saturday as bloggers accused it of blocking images of opposition protests, while it blamed technical problems. Bloggers...

WASHINGTON- Playwright Lanford Wilson, whose "Talley's Folly" won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1980, died on Thursday, his close friend Marshall Mason told AFP. Wilson, a founding member of the...

DAMASCUS- President Bashar al-Assad's government on Thursday said it may scrap an emergency law in place since 1963 and announced the release of all activists detained this month, following a week of...

WASHINGTON- A top aide to US President Barack Obama hinted Wednesday that those close to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi had contacted the US administration to explore ways out of the conflict. Denis...

JERUSALEM, Marina Passos- A woman was killed and more than 30 people wounded when a bomb ripped through a bus in Jerusalem on Wednesday, hours after militants vowed revenge for two deadly Israeli...

VIENNA- US writer Ruth Klueger has been awarded Austria's important Theodor Kramer literary prize, which honours resistance and exile writers, the jury announced Wednesday. Born to a Jewish family...

DARAA- Syrian security forces fired on anti-regime protesters on Wednesday near a mosque, killing five and wounding scores in the flashpoint southern town of Daraa, a rights activist said....