JERUSALEM- Around a 1,000 Israeli women who tried to avoid military service by pretending to be religious have been caught out through their Facebook accounts, an army spokesman said on Tuesday....
WARSAW- Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa offered Monday to accept this year's award on behalf of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
"I am ready to represent him, along with other...
BAGHDAD, Ammar Karim- Iraqi politicians began horse-trading Sunday over the formation of a cabinet, but hopes for a quick resolution were dampened on news Nuri al-Maliki would not be named...
RIYADH- A Saudi who defied a ban on women driving in the kingdom was killed along with three more of her 10 female passengers when her car overturned in a crash, an Internet news site reported on...
CAIRO- Egypt on Saturday angrily dismissed complaints from the United States concerning religious freedom in its key Middle East ally, saying that Washington has no right to hand down judgments....
LOS ANGELES- The Thanksgiving turkey traditionally spared by the US president will no longer go to Disneyland, where it has been a star of the show in recent years, the theme park said Friday.
As...
ROME- An associate of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during the years when he was a rising businessman acted as the Italian leader's "liaison" with the Cosa Nostra, a court ruling released on...
WASHINGTON- US Education Secretary Arne Duncan Thursday pressed lawmakers to start debating a proposed law that would allow children of illegal immigrants to go to US universities.
Duncan said he...
STOCKHOLM, Nina Larson- A Swedish court ordered the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on suspicion of rape and sexual molestation Thursday and an international warrant will be issued for...
RABAT- Leading Moroccan rights activist Abraham Serfaty died Thursday aged 84 after a lifelong campaign for democracy, first against the French colonial rulers and then King Hassan II's absolute...
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