WASHINGTON- CNN aired graphic videos of victims Saturday that it said were shown to select US lawmakers as part of a push to shore up support for a strike on Syria. The broadcaster said the 13 videos...
UNITED NATIONS- UN agencies have drawn up emergency plans for a military strike on Syria but are determined to keep delivering aid in the stricken country, a top UN official said Friday. "We continue...
VENICE, Ella Ide- Polish revolutionary leader Lech Walesa, the subject of a biopic by director Andrzej Wajda that premiered in Venice on Friday, said he wanted a new revolution and hoped the film...
SAINT-PETERSBURG, Hui Min Neo, Stuart Williams- World powers on Thursday discussed the Syria crisis over dinner at the G20 summit but failed to bridge their deeply entrenched divisions over a US push...
CAIRO, Haitham El-Tabei, Sarah Benhaida- Egypt's Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim survived a bomb attack Thursday, emerging unscathed to warn the country faced a "wave of terrorism" amid a sweeping...
LONDON- Blocked by his own parliament from taking military action against Syria, British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday urged the United States to act or risk further chemical weapons...
CAIRO- A jihadist group on Wednesday poured scorn on the Egyptian military's claims of victories in the restive Sinai peninsula where the army said it launched deadly air strikes on militants. The...
WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson- The White House battled Monday for congressional authorization to bomb Syria, as two top Republicans warned that a "no" vote after President Barack Obama had threatened...
WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama launched an intense lobbying effort Sunday to sway skeptical lawmakers weighing whether to support a military strike against Syria. The strategy, outlined by a...
CAIRO- Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is to stand trial in a criminal court for "incitement to murder", state television reported on Sunday, without giving a date for the trial. It said the...