CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- After months of rumours that Egypt ex-president Hosni Mubarak was at death's door, footage of the toppled leader looking strong and defiant in court stunned many who had cared...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Hossam Ezzedine- Salam Fayyad, who resigned as Palestinian prime minister on Saturday, is a US-educated economist widely respected in the West but criticised at...
WASHINGTON, Fabienne Faur- Rarely seen photos of John F. Kennedy, once feared to have been lost forever when the World Trade Center was destroyed on 9/11, form part of a striking exhibition opening...
BEIRUT- Syria's air force pounded a rural area near the town of Arsal in eastern Lebanon for the second time in 24 hours on Thursday, officials said. "I can confirm there was a raid," said Ahmad...
BEIRUT, Serene Assir- Air strikes have hit bakeries and hospitals among other civilian targets in Syria, a watchdog reported Thursday, accusing the regime of killing thousands in such raids it said...
BAGHDAD- Attacks on security forces north of Baghdad killed three soldiers and a policeman on Wednesday, police and medics said, the latest in an uptick in violence less than two weeks ahead of...
LONDON- Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's hostility towards a closer Europe is the root cause of ongoing tensions between Britain and the EU, Germany's ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl...
DAMASCUS- Al-Qaeda in Iraq confirmed on Tuesday long-held suspicions that it is behind jihadists fighting in Syria, as Washington said it was mulling new ways to drive President Bashar al-Assad from...
TRIPOLI- A top aide to Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan abducted last month has been released, a source close to the cabinet said on Tuesday, the same day parliament adopted a law setting penalties...
ALGIERS- Interior ministers from five European and five north African countries agreed in Algiers on Tuesday to a common approach in fighting terrorism, organised crime and illegal migration. They...
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