CAIRO- Amnesty International on Friday urged Egypt to stop the trial of a Facebook user threatened with five years in jail on charges of revealing military secrets and illegally speaking on behalf of...

PARIS- Four performances of the Bolshoi Ballet are to be beamed live from Moscow to 300 cinema screens around the world as part of a tie-up with French movie house giant Gaumont-Pathe, the firm said...

BERLIN- British entrepreneur Richard Branson has been awarded the 2010 German media prize, previously handed to such luminaries as former US president Bill Clinton and the Dalai Lama, organisers said...

BAGHDAD, Ammar Karim- Nuri al-Maliki called for unity among Iraq's factions on Thursday after he was named for a second term as prime minister, signalling that an end may be in sight to an...

MOSCOW- Russia's FSB security service has created an unexpected Internet hit by launching a series of black humour anti-terror cartoons advising children to report suspicious bags and individuals to...

HONG KONG- Picasso masterpieces worth millions of dollars are to go on sale in Hong Kong Friday as dealers cash in on growing interest from wealthy investors looking for art beyond China's borders....

WASHINGTON- The United States is concerned about a big dumping of classified documents by WikiLeaks which is expected to include diplomatic cables, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said...

ALGIERS- The website of Algeria's embassy in Washington has been targeted by Moroccan nationalist hackers, the mission said Wednesday. Two other Algerian websites also appeared to be affected,...

WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama called Saudi King Abdullah, who is in a US hospital undergoing treatment for a herniated disc, to wish him well, the White House said Tuesday. Obama called "to...