TUNIS- Tunisia's ruling coalition on Friday presented mediators with a proposed compromise to end a crisis sparked by a political assassination last month, while refusing opposition demands that it...

LONDON, Guy Jackson- British lawmakers rejected their government's call for punitive military strikes against the chemical-armed Syrian regime Thursday, leaving the United States to act alone. Before...

DAMASCUS- The US and its allies Tuesday edged closer to launching strikes against Syria, accused of deadly chemical weapons attacks that UN arms experts are investigating for a second day. Russia,...

UNITED NATIONS, Andre Viollaz- France's President Francois Hollande on Tuesday became the first leader to raise the UN-backed 'responsibility to protect' to justify possible military action against...

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson- The United States Monday built a humanitarian and legal case for military action against Syria, rooted in the proposition that an "undeniable" chemical attack had...

RAMALLAH- Israeli-Palestinian peace talks slated for Monday were scrapped after three Palestinians were shot dead in the West Bank, a Palestinian official said, although the US sponsors of the...

LONDON- British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Sunday that any evidence of a chemical attack by the Syrian regime may have already been destroyed. "The fact is that much of the evidence could...

TRIPOLI, Omar Ibrahim- Said Ebous burst into tears as his wife wrapped her arms around him after they buried three children of their family who were among 45 people killed in twin car bombs in...

TUNIS, Mounir Souissi- Thousands of protesters gathered outside Tunisia's national assembly Saturday demanding the ouster of the Islamist-led government, amid political deadlock a month after the...