WASHINGTON- In his first year as US president, Barack Obama, his family and administration members were showered with more than 300,000 dollars in gifts from Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul...

WASHINGTON- The Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington on Tuesday hoisted its national flag for the first time, saying it symbolized the struggle for independence. The US State Department...

BEIRUT, Rita Daou- For residents of Beirut, the scene is all too familiar: panicked parents rushing to collect their children from school as bands of men gather in the streets and army tanks begin to...

TUNIS- A dissident Tunisian blogger arrested under ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was included in the new government announced on Monday as the secretary of state for youth and sports....

WASHINGTON, Michael Mathes- Red flags that went unheeded before the Arizona shooting tragedy have exposed a gaping hole in the US mental health care system, experts and lawmakers say. Dozens of...

PARIS- Western leaders called Saturday for democracy in Tunisia following the ousting of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, while other Arab countries were warned their turn could be next. France,...

WASHINGTON- The US lawmaker shot in the head in Arizona was removed from a ventilator Saturday and is breathing on her own through a tube inserted into her windpipe, the University Medical Center in...

VATICAN CITY- Pope Benedict XVI named Saturday Nobel laureate Werner Arber, a Protestant, to head the Vatican's scientific academy, the first time a non-Catholic is heading the centuries-old body....

NICE, Celine Agniel - Thanks to an autograph hunter in Las Vegas who asked to borrow a pen, a French perfumer is poised to launch his-and-hers fragrances in memory of Michael Jackson. Inspired by...