TRIPOLI- The widow of ousted Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi has urged the United Nations and the European Union to help her recover the remains of her husband and their son Mutassim. In a letter...
DAMASCUS- Syrian peace talks can only be held if a "credible opposition" takes part, an international envoy said Sunday, as a truck bombing in the war-ravaged country killed more than 40 people. Arab...
PARIS, Pascale Mollard- His 2001 painting "The Last Supper" has just sold for $23 million, but growing up in a working class family during China's Cultural Revolution, Zeng Fanzhi could never have...
BEIRUT- Nine Lebanese citizens kidnapped by rebels in Syria last year have been freed, Lebanon's Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said Friday. "The nine Lebanese held in Syria are on their way to...
TUNIS, Abdelfattah Belaïd- Protesting security forces drove Tunisia's top leaders from a memorial ceremony Friday for two policemen killed by militants, in a sign of growing frustration over the...
DAMASCUS- A bomb killed 21 people in Syria on Wednesday, with sources variously blaming rebels and the army, as the United States urged a key opposition group to join peace talks. In other violence,...
TUNIS- Tunisia's opposition alliance on Monday called for country-wide protests next week, accusing ruling Islamists of holding up the start of negotiations and delaying the formation of a new...
CAIRO- Amnesty International accused Egypt Thursday of unlawfully detaining and deporting hundreds of Syrian refugees, many of them women and children fleeing civil war at home. "Instead of offering...
WASHINGTON- The United States is trying to persuade a key Syrian opposition group to drop its refusal to join planned peace talks, saying its participation is essential, a US official said Tuesday....
CAIRO- Muslims across Egypt offered prayers at local mosques Tuesday to mark Eid al-Adha, as security forces shut down key public squares that have seen mass protests, including Cairo's Tahrir...
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