CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- A planned day on Saturday of civil disobedience and strikes against Egypt's military rulers to mark a year since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow saw only a small turnout, but...

BAGHDAD, Ammar Karim and Sammy Ketz- Jihadists are moving from Iraq to Syria and arms are also sent across the border to opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, Iraq's deputy interior...

TRIPOLI, Jay Deshmukh- Saadi Kadhafi, one of the sons of Libya's slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, has said a nationwide rebellion is brewing against the country's new rulers as he vowed to return to...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Activists plan a day of civil disobedience in Egypt on Saturday to mark the first anniversary since they toppled Hosni Mubarak but left an increasingly unpopular but defiant...

DOHA- The International Union of Muslim Scholars headed by influential cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi organised a rally in Qatar on Friday in support of anti-government protesters in Syria. Members of...

TUNIS- Tunisia's new president Moncef Marzouki on Wednesday will kick off a tour of neighbouring states with a call for reviving the regional Arab Maghreb Union economic group. Marzouki, who...

DAMASCUS- Western powers vowed to seek new ways to punish Damascus amid growing outrage after Russia and China blocked a UN resolution condemning Syria for its deadly crackdown on protests. The...

WASHINGTON- The United States demanded "clarification" Sunday over Cairo's apparent plans to put dozens of pro-democracy activists, including 19 Americans, on trial over charges of illegal funding of...

DOHA- Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed at a meeting in the Qatari capital on Sunday that presidential and legislative elections must be held "quickly," a top official told AFP....