TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Libya's deputy intelligence chief Mustafa Nuh was abducted Sunday by gunmen in Tripoli as the capital observed a three-day strike after deadly unrest triggered fears of civil...
TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Fresh clashes erupted in Tripoli Saturday as the death toll from a shootout at an anti-militia protest rose to 43 and the weak, post-revolutionary government appealed for...
ALGIERS- Algeria, which was just elected to the UN Human Rights Council, is the only North African country to "systematically" block visits by watchdogs, a Human Rights Watch official said in remarks...
THE HAGUE, Charles Onians- The world's chemical weapons watchdog met Friday to approve a final timetable for ridding Syria of its entire arsenal by mid-2014, amid hopes that long-delayed peace talks...
TIRANA- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said he would announce whether the Balkan country would accept to destroy Syrian chemical weaponry on its soil at the press conference later Friday. "Today at...
GENEVA- The UN's human rights body on Friday condemned a barrage of racist slurs against France's black justice minister, including a magazine cover comparing her to a monkey. "We condemn the racist...
MOSCOW- Russia on Tuesday denied Iran was to blame for the failure to agree a historic deal on its nuclear programme at talks in Geneva, implying the fault was due to disunity among the six world...
VIENNA, Simon Sturdee- Iran's nuclear reactor being built at Arak figured highly in recent failed talks between Tehran and six world powers in Geneva, with France in particular wanting work there...
BEIRUT- The mainstream rebel Free Syrian Army has laid out the conditions for its participation in Geneva peace talks, including the demand that a transitional authority be given full powers. The...
CAIRO- An Egyptian court ordered an end to a state of emergency Tuesday, two days ahead of schedule and three months after it was imposed during a crackdown on Islamist protesters. The decision was...