UNITED NATIONS- The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor on Thursday accused Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir of deliberately protecting those commiting genocide in Darfur. Prosecutor...

WASHINGTON- A US fringe religious group that pickets military funerals with signs reading "Thank God for dead soldiers" said Thursday it will picket the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards who died this...

KUWAIT CITY- Five Kuwaitis including an MP were treated in hospital for injuries on Wednesday as special forces cracked down on an unauthorised opposition rally, medics and witnesses said. The...

WASHINGTON, Tangi Quemener- The United States on Tuesday suspended its demand for Israel to renew a freeze on Jewish settlement building in the West Bank, throwing Palestinian-Israeli peace talks...

PARIS, Marlowe Hood- A small, daily dose of aspirin significantly diminishes the risk of death from a wide range of cancers, according to a landmark study released Tuesday. Earlier work by the...

CAIRO, Simon Martelli- Egyptians voted in the second-round runoffs on Sunday of a general election that could see President Hosni Mubarak's party win virtually every seat in parliament in the face of...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush - A shark mauled to death a German woman tourist snorkelling off Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday, in the third shark attack in Egypt's popular Red Sea resort in a week, local...

LONDON- Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi was prepared to leave highly enriched uranium potentially unprotected and at risk of hijack in a fit of pique aimed at the UN, US cables revealed by WikiLeaks...

WASHINGTON- US lawmakers condemned Brazil's "severely misguided" and "regrettable" decision Friday to recognize a Palestinian state on borders pre-dating Israel's seizure of the West Bank and Gaza in...