UNITED NATIONS- Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy on Syria, will meet President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday but only talk with opposition leaders outside of the conflict-stricken...

The commission "has gathered information linking individuals to human rights violations or crimes," lead investigator Philip Kirsch said."It will hand over a confidential list containing that...

Abu Issa, 18, had confessed to setting on fire a picture of the monarch after tearing it off a municipal wall in Madaba, south of Amman, saying he was upset over the death of a municipal worker who...

TRIPOLI, Dominique Soguel- Libyan militias who helped oust Moamer Kadhafi have promised to turn over to the interim government strategic sites, such as airports and border crossings, that they have...

PARIS, Gersende Rambourg- Some call him the king of cakes. Vogue dubbed him the "Picasso" of pastry. Whatever the moniker, Pierre Herme, who started as a humble apprentice at the venerable French...

BEIRUT- Syria's deputy oil minister Abdo Hussameddin announced his resignation overnight Wednesday, in a video posted by activists on YouTube, saying he was joining the revolt.Hussameddin is the...

BAGHDAD- UN chief Ban Ki-moon is to attend an Arab summit due to be held in Baghdad later this month, Iraqi deputy foreign minister Labid Abbawi told AFP on Wednesday."Ban Ki-moon will join the...

TRIPOLI, Dominique Soguel- Libyan leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said on Wednesday he would defend national unity with force if necessary, after federalists declared autonomy for the oil-rich eastern...

DAMASCUS- The UN's humanitarian chief heads for Syria Wednesday to urge the regime to let aid into devastated protest cities, with US President Barack Obama insisting military intervention would be a...