WASHINGTON- American Jewish leader Malcolm Hoenlein visited Damascus for talks last month with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad about humanitarian issues, reports said Monday. Hoenlein, the...

PARIS- A French pop star at age 66 delivered his first child unaided when his 27-year-old partner went into labour at their US home in the middle of the night, he said on French radio Monday....

LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Arnold Schwarzenegger steps down as California "Governator" Monday, defending his record to the last -- and keeping fans and others guessing about his next move....

TABRIZ, Farhad Pouladi- The son of an Iranian woman who has been sentenced to death by stoning said on Saturday that his mother was guilty of murdering his father but pleaded for her execution to be...

SAINT PETERSBURG- Seventies disco icon Bobby Farrell, singer and dancer with pop chart toppers Boney M, died aged 61 in a Russian hotel room Thursday while on tour, his agent and investigators said....

MOSCOW- A blaze of fireworks erupted over the Kremlin in Red Square Friday as Moscow joined people around the globe welcoming in 2011 with a glittering array of parties. But as President Dmitry...

BAGHDAD, Jacques Clement- At least two Christians were killed and nine wounded in a string of six attacks on Christian homes in Baghdad on Thursday, an interior ministry official said. The worst...

RAMALLAH- The Palestinians and Arabs will shortly bring a draft resolution before the UN Security Council calling on Israel to halt Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories and Jerusalem, a...

HONOLULU, Tangi Quemener - President Barack Obama on Wednesday bypassed Congress to name the first US ambassador to Syria in nearly six years, part of his Middle East engagement drive criticized by...