NICOSIA- Shock waves from the ouster of presidents in Tunisia and Egypt continued to roll across North Africa and the Middle East on Monday, with peoples long subject to autocratic rule demanding to...

LONDON- British rock group Radiohead said Monday they will release a new album online this week -- but abandoned the experiment they made with their last record when they let fans decide the price....

LONDON- British actor Colin Firth Sunday won the Best Actor BAFTA for his role as the stammering monarch in the "The King's Speech", paving the way for possible Oscar success at the end of this...

WASHINGTON- Washington on Saturday called on Damascus to release Tal Al-Mallouhi, a young female blogger US officials say was prosecuted in a "secret trial" on accusations that she spied for the...

PARIS- Western media on Saturday welcomed the fall of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, hailing it as a 'Berlin Wall moment' while expressing fears for the uncertain future of the country and the region....

CAIRO- Egyptian protesters who have been camping out for 18 days in central Cairo's Tahrir Square said they will go home after the celebrations following the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on...

UNITED NATIONS- Israel and the Palestinians should take advantage of turmoil in the Middle East to complete a peace accord, Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday. Barak met with UN...

CAIRO, Mona Salem - Furious Egyptian demonstrators vowed to launch their most spectacular protest yet in Cairo on Friday to demand the immediate departure of President Hosni Mubarak and his newly...

CASABLANCA, Philippe Sauvagnargues- A white building tucked into a residential neighbourhood of this cosmopolitan city holds a treasure trove few here know about: the Arab region's only Jewish...