CAIRO, Ines Bel Aiba- A trial that has strained ties between the United States and key ally Egypt opened on Sunday, with dozens of democracy activists including Americans charged with receiving...
DAMASCUS- Syrians vote Sunday on a new constitution that could theoretically end the five decades of one-party rule that sparked protests last year which have taken the country to the verge of civil...
"This week, millions of Yemenis voted for a new president and the beginning of a promising new chapter in Yemen's history," Obama said."The Yemeni people have achieved a new beginning for their...
ALGIERS- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged US backing for democratic and economic development in north Africa Saturday as she toured the region that gave birth to the Arab spring.Clinton...
BAGHDAD- Dozens of Iraqis demonstrated for reforms in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Friday, the eve of the first anniversary of mass protests in which 16 people were killed across the country.Security...
Hadi, who will take the oath before parliament on Saturday and be formally invested as president on Monday, succeeds Ali Abdullah Saleh under a transition deal brokered by the six-nation Gulf...
UNITED NATIONS- The United Nations on Thursday named its former leader Kofi Annan to act as a special envoy on the Syria crisis aiming to halt the bloodshed.Annan will be a joint envoy of the UN and...
KABUL, Usman Sharifi- President Barack Obama was forced to apologise over the burning of Korans at a US airbase in Afghanistan, where three days of violent protests have killed 14 people, including...
"He is not in a coma and he is out of danger," she said. "My father went into hospital 48 hours ago for medical checks, but there was no need to start all these rumours."Ben Bella became the first...
PARIS, Emma Charlton- With no pesky dialogues to get in the way, scoring a silent movie like "The Artist" may sound like a musician's treat -- but in many ways it's harder, says the Oscar-nominated...
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