RIYADH- Saudi King Abdullah called for the formation of a Gulf union in response to growing threats, as rulers of the wealthy Arab GCC met on Monday against a backdrop of regional turmoil and fears...

A small group of 41 crossed at about the same time into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, where about 3,000 jubilant supporters gathered at the border, an AFP photographer said. An Israeli prison...

ALGIERS- Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Sunday invited international observers to monitor a spring 2012 legislative vote he promised would be the country's most open ever. At a cabinet...

The bloc's foreign ministers will meet in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss the proposal, he said. The ministers met in Doha a day after Russia proposed a surprise draft resolution to the council....

Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzuri raised tensions by accusing the protesters of being counter-revolutionaries and denying security forces had opened fire as they broke up a sit-in against his...

Iraqiya, which garnered most of its support from Iraq's minority Sunni community, was out-manoeuvred for the premiership by Maliki, who despite finishing second in the elections formed a larger...

DAMASCUS- Hundreds of thousands of Syrians protested nine months into their uprising, demanding the Arab League hasten its response to a bloody crackdown on dissent that brought more deaths on...

SANAA- Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated Friday across the country, rejecting an amnesty given to President Ali Abdullah Saleh against prosecution in a deal that eases him out of office....

CAIRO- Arab League foreign ministers have postponed indefinitely their meeting that was to take place this weekend on responding to Syria's proposal to admit observers in exchange for an end to...