ANKARA- Syrian activists will make a fresh attempt at entering from Turkey with medical aid for the uprising's March 15 anniversary, organisers said Monday, after their "Freedom Convoy" was turned...

DUBAI- The king of Bahrain introduced on Sunday constitutional reforms that give more power to the elected parliament, but fall far short of the demands set down by the Shiite-led opposition. King...

DAMASCUS- UN chief Ban Ki-moon Sunday urged Syria's Bashar al-Assad to stop killing his own people as activists said another 11 civilians died and Damascus announced a general amnesty for crimes...

Sunday's violence in mostly Sunni Ramadi came a day after a suicide attacker targeting Shiites killed 53 people on the outskirts of the southern city of Basra, the latest in a series of attacks that...

"A two-state solution is long overdue. The status quo offers only the guarantee of future conflict." Ban arrived in Beirut on Friday to attend a conference entitled "Reform and Transitions to...

CAIRO, Hala Boncompagni- Ex-UN nuclear watchdog chief and Nobel peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei ended his candidacy for Egypt's presidency Saturday, saying he could not run because there is still no...

BAGHDAD- Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki voiced criticism on Friday of Turkish "interventions" in Iraqi affairs, warning that Turkey itself would suffer if its actions sparked conflict in the Middle...

DAMASCUS- Syria said on Thursday that it will probe the death of a top French television reporter, as the opposition accused it of "liquidating" journalists to hush up its lethal 10-month crackdown...

SANAA- Thousands of Yemenis demonstrated on Thursday in several cities to voice their rejection of a Gulf Arab deal to grant President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution, witnesses said....