BAGHDAD- Iraqi soldiers and policemen vote Monday ahead of the country's first national election since US troops left with worsening sectarian ties and fears the country is slipping into all-out...
RAMALLAH- The PLO's central council on Sunday adopted a plan to pursue attempts to join 60 United Nations bodies and international agreements, according to a statement from the governing body of the...
CAIRO- An Egyptian court sentenced 13 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi Saturday to prison terms ranging from five to 88 years for rioting, a judicial source said. They were...
DAMASCUS- Syria said Saturday it aimed for a "free and transparent" presidential election, responding to opposition and Western criticism that the June 3 poll will be a parody of democracy. So far, a...
WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle- Top Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy visits Washington next week on the highest level trip since the army ousted the Islamist government, as the US papers over democracy concerns...
JERUSALEM, Jonah Mandel- Israel said Thursday it was halting peace talks with the Palestinians following their unity deal with Hamas, as the faltering US-backed process approached its deadline. Prime...
DAMASCUS- Syria announced on Monday it will hold a June 3 presidential election, which is expected to return Bashar al-Assad to office despite a civil war that has cost tens of thousands of lives....
CAIRO- Egypt's presidential election next month is set to be a contest between ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and leftist Hamdeen Sabbahi, after nobody else entered the race by Sunday's cut-off....
DAMASCUS- Syrian army forces advanced Friday around rebel-held areas of the Old City of Homs, as a car bomb hit a regime-controlled part of the city, killing 14 people. Around 1,200 rebel fighters...
CAIRO- An Egyptian police officer was killed on Friday evening when a bomb targeting a traffic police kiosk in Cairo exploded, security officials said, the latest of such attacks. Militants have...
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