UNITED NATIONS- European and Arab nations on Friday called on the UN Security Council to back an Arab League plan on the Syria crisis under which President Bashar al-Assad would have to stand down....

CAIRO, Mostafa Abou Elezz- Thousands of protesters thronged Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to demand democratic change, vowing to revive their unfinished revolution a year after they toppled...

UNITED NATIONS- The United Nations on Friday called on Israel to immediately halt the destruction of Palestinian homes in the West Bank after reporting a dramatic rise in demolitions in the past...

UNITED NATIONS- The UN Security Council will discuss the Syria crisis Friday, and western and Arab nations could make public their draft resolution condemning the government's deadly crackdown,...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Egyptian activists are preparing for a mass rally on Friday, after they spent the night in Cairo's Tahrir Square marking the first anniversary of the uprising that ousted...

TRIPOLI, Jay Deshmukh- Libya's regular army and array of militias have been torturing loyalists of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, several of whom have been killed in custody, human rights groups...

DAMASCUS- Syria agreed on Tuesday to extend a widely criticised Arab League observer mission for a second month, hours after launching an angry tirade against the bloc's efforts to mediate in the...

GAZA CITY- Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal will visit Jordan on Sunday for the first time in 12 years, and is planning a historic first trip to Gaza, officials told AFP. The visits, announced Tuesday,...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Egypt's military ruler said the country's decades-old state of emergency will be lifted on Wednesday except in cases of fighting "thuggery," but human rights groups slammed the...