DAMASCUS- A defiant President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday rejected calls that he seek a safe exit, vowing he will "live in Syria and die in Syria" and warning that the world cannot afford the cost of...
Attempts to cross the narrow stretch of sea -- just 14 kilometres (nine miles) at its closest point -- that separates Europe from Africa, in often crowded, rickety boats, have multiplied in recent...
DAMASCUS- Bombings, clashes and air strikes shook Syria on Tuesday as British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would back giving safe passage to President Bashar al-Assad if it meant ending the...
KUWAIT CITY- Kuwait's emir called on Tuesday for his people to choose between a state of law or chaos after the oil-rich Gulf state witnessed unprecedented unrest over the disputed electoral...
CAIRO- Bishop Tawadros, a trained pharmacist who headed a medicine factory, was chosen Sunday as the 118th pope to lead Egypt's Coptic Church on the same day he celebrated his 60th birthday. Born...
KUWAIT CITY- The Kuwaiti ruler criticised the opposition on Monday for staging "illegal" protests that led to violence and called for dialogue to resolve a dispute over changes to the electoral law....
TRIPOLI, Dominique Soguel - Libya's two largest cities were rocked by violence on Sunday with clashes between militias wounding five in the capital and a car blast hurting three policemen in...
KUWAIT CITY, Omar Hasan- Kuwaiti riot police used stun grenades and smoke bombs against thousands of demonstrators who defied a protest ban to block a major road south of the capital Sunday as the...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories- Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has denied giving up on the refugees' right of return, saying remarks about not returning to his home town, which is now in Israel,...
DAMASCUS- Syria's main anti-regime group said Friday the US was undermining the country's revolt by seeking an opposition overhaul, as the UN accused rebels of possible war crimes over a video...
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