DAMASCUS - Twelve pro-democracy Syrian activists, jailed after calling for greater democracy, lost their petition for early release and will have to serve their full 30-month sentence, a human rights...

HAVANA - A group of dissidents urged moderate Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday to intercede for Cuba to release political prisoners to help save a hunger striker's life....

JERUSALEM - Former Israeli diplomat, writer and spy chief David Kimche died overnight at the age of 82, his family announced on Tuesday. The cause of death was not stated. Born in London in 1928,...

JERUSALEM, Gavin Rabinowitz - Israel approved on Tuesday building 1,600 new settler homes in east Jerusalem, announcing the move as US Vice President Joe Biden met top Israeli officials to boost...

SYDNEY- A baby elephant believed to have died during labour was born alive at an Australian zoo on Wednesday, amazing its keepers and defying expert opinion that such an outcome would take a...

LONDON - Britain's decision to back the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 earned it respect in the Middle East and it must not be scared of similar action in the future, Foreign Secretary David...

LONDON - More than three-quarters of people across the world believe access to the Internet is a fundamental right, a poll carried out for the BBC indicated Monday. The poll, which questioned more...

WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the parents of a child who suffered serious health problems after being vaccinated can sue a pharmaceutical company for compensation....

WASHINGTON- US Vice President Joe Biden headed to the Middle East Sunday for talks in Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan, as Palestinian officials agreed to US-mediated indirect peace...