BAQUBA- Attacks in Iraq including bombings targeting a cafe and mourners killed at least 22 people on Saturday, security and medical officials said. In the deadliest attack, a roadside bomb exploded...
CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Egypt's new prime minister moved closer to forming a cabinet on Saturday, as prosecutors looked into criminal complaints against ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and...
BEIRUT- A majority of Lebanese believe the influx of Syrian refugees in their country threatens national security, Norway's Fafo research foundation said in a report obtained on Thursday by AFP. In...
LOS ANGELES, Romain Raynaldy- A lifelong fascination with Japanese mega-monsters is behind Mexican director Guillermo del Toro's eagerly anticipated summer blockbuster "Pacific Rim," due to be...
WASHINGTON- The United States has revoked the visa of a top Syrian diplomat who tried to enter the country to take up a post at the war-torn country's embassy, a US official said Wednesday. Ali...
CAIRO, Simon Martelli- Egypt issued a warrant on Wednesday for the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood's supreme leader Mohammed Badie in connection with deadly violence in Cairo, stoking Islamist anger...
CAIRO, Simon Martelli- Egypt's interim charter hit a wave of opposition shortly after it was announced late on Monday, from liberals as well as supporters of Islamist former president Mohamed Morsi,...
CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush, Sarah Benhaida- Fifty-one people, mostly Mohamed Morsi loyalists, were killed in Egypt Monday while rallying in favour of the ousted president, as the new rulers announced...
BEIRUT- Intense fighting in the central Syrian city of Homs has left 60 to 70 percent of a besieged rebel-held district damaged, destroyed or uninhabitable, a monitoring group said on Sunday. The...
BAGHDAD, Ammar Karim- The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massud Barzani, held landmark talks in Baghdad on Sunday with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on an array of disputes plaguing...