UNITED NATIONS- UN leader Ban Ki-moon appealed Monday for an end to outside arms supplies to rival sides in the Syrian war but the Arab League chief said that would not be possible. Ban pleaded for a...
DAMASCUS- Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib is determined to step down in the face of what he sees as world "inaction" as government forces recapture territory from the rebels, colleagues...
ISTANBUL, Nicolas Revise- US Secretary of State John Kerry called on Turkey's prime minister on Sunday to delay a visit to Gaza after talks aimed at thawing frosty Israeli-Turkish relations as part...
ISTANBUL- US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Istanbul on Sunday, the State Department said, as a US-led peace push focusing on the Palestinian economy...
UNITED NATIONS, Andre Viollaz- UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Friday urged the Security Council to come together on Syria, venting frustration with all sides while denying rumors he plans to...
WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle- Global hopes that democracy could replace dictatorships in Arab Spring nations risk being crushed by repressive regimes, the United States warned Friday in its annual human...
UNITED NATIONS- Nearly 7 million people need humanitarian assistance in Syria, a senior United Nations official said Thursday, criticizing Damascus for hampering aid distribution. "The needs are...
JERUSALEM- Kuwait has donated $15 million to the United Nations to help war-torn Syria's 500,000 Palestinian refugees, the United Nations said on Thursday. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees,...
MANAMA- Key developments in Bahrain, which is to host a Formula One Grand Prix this weekend, arising from Arab Spring-inspired protests that erupted in February 2011: --2011-- - February 14: As...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories- A Palestinian man was wounded by Israeli gunfire east of El- Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources said. They said the...
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