DUBAI- A Bahraini court on Wednesday began the trial of two policemen accused of torturing to death two Shiites detained in the wake of the mid-March crackdown on pro-democracy protests, a lawyer...

DAMASCUS- Syria's President Bashar al-Assad blamed foreign plotters Tuesday for the deadly 10-month-old protests against his regime and vowed to crush their "terrorism" with an iron fist. The...

THE HAGUE- The International Criminal Court on Tuesday gave Libya until January 23 to mull the possible handing over of ousted leader Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam. A three-judge bench...

Under the complex electoral system, voters have been asked to cast three ballots -- two for individual candidates and one for a party list -- for the 498 elected seats in the lower house. The...

DAMASCUS- Syria's opposition on Monday denounced the Arab League for taking a step backwards in the country and called on the United Nations to take charge in efforts to end the regime's bloody...

AMMAN- Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met Monday in Jordan for their second meeting in a week aimed at finding a way to get back to peace talks after a hiatus of more than 15 months, officials...

WASHINGTON- The United States on Saturday expressed concern over fresh violence in Bahrain between police and demonstrators, and urged a probe into the most recent clashes. US embassy officials in...

Batch is coordinator of the "committee of general freedom" in the unity talks between long-time rivals the Islamist Hamas and secular Fatah. It was also agreed that newspapers produced in the...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Egypt's Coptic Christians were set to celebrate their first post-revolution Christmas on Friday amid heightened security, after Christmas and New Years festivities were marred by...