RABAT- Algeria proposed Saturday to boost cooperation with North African neighbours against terror and organised crime as the five-nation Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) held its first high-level conference...
ADEN- A faction of Yemen's separatist Southern Movement on Saturday called for a day of "civil disobedience" to disrupt next week's presidential election.
The Higher Council of the Peaceful...
DAMASCUS- Thousands of Syrians rallied Friday for Bashar al-Assad's ouster, as the embattled president's forces unleashed their heaviest pounding yet of Homs in a brutal bid to crush dissent,...
BENGHAZI, Jay Deshmukh- Libyans celebrated on Friday the first anniversary of the uprising that ousted Moamer Kadhafi with fireworks and slogans, even as their new leader vowed to prevent further...
GAZA CITY- Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City held a rally on Friday in solidarity with an Islamic Jihad member, detained without trial by Israel, on the 62th day of a hunger strike.
"We stand...
The activists have been campaigning for the election, which will see Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi stand as the sole candidate to replace veteran strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is standing...
UNITED NATIONS- The UN General Assembly voted 137 to 12 on Thursday to approve a resolution calling for an immediate halt to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's violent crackdown on dissent.
China,...
TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- When Abdullah Senussi ordered the arrest of lawyer Fethi Tarbel on February 15 last year, Libya's then intelligence chief did not realise he was effectively signing the death...
"Curly, we're sorry!" shouted children in a sarcastic reference to Kadhafi as cars drove from the square to the city's main military base which was overrun by protesters in the initial days of the...
DAMASCUS- Syria's president, who is fighting an Arab Spring-inspired revolt, called on Wednesday a constitutional referendum that would effectively end nearly 50 years of single-party rule, state...
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