CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Protesters faced off with police in Cairo for a third day Saturday in deadly clashes sparked by anger at the failure of Egypt's military rulers to prevent football-linked...

DAMASCUS- Syrian forces killed at least 217 civilians, including women and children, in a "massacre" in the central city of Homs, a rights group said Saturday, ahead of a UN vote on the repression....

KUWAIT CITY, Omar Hasan and Wissan Keyrouz- Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition has won a landslide majority in Kuwait's snap polls by securing 34 seats in the 50-member parliament, with women and...

UNITED NATIONS, Andre Viollaz- UN diplomats said Thursday they had come up with a new draft resolution condemning a bloody crackdown on dissent in Syria that would now be sent back to their...

TUNIS- Tunisian authorities have seized dozens of yachts as well as cars, company shares and houses belonging to ousted leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family, the TAP news agency said...

UNITED NATIONS- The UN Security Council made "some progress" Wednesday in talks aimed at persuading Russia to back a tough resolution condemning deadly violence in Syria, the British envoy said....

JERUSALEM- UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on Israel on Wednesday to halt settlement activity and offer the Palestinians a "goodwill gesture" as the top diplomat sought to kick-start stalled peace...

AMMAN- UN leader Ban Ki-moon said he will seek "goodwill gestures" by Israel to help revive peace talks when he sees Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday in Jerusalem. He indicated the...

"These meetings revealed Israel's insistence to continue settlement activities and its refusal of a two-state solution on the basis of 1967 borders," it said. "The position of the Palestinian...