DAMASCUS- UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged world powers on Wednesday to act "in the name of humanity" against Syria's crackdown on dissent, as a US official likened the Damascus regime to a "dead man...

The commission is led by Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, who has been charged with managing Yemen's transition period and designated to serve as a consensus president following Saleh's...

The powerful Muslim Brotherhood, whose Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) clinched the most seats in the opening round, was eager to sustain the momentum. "For a strong parliament, which meets the...

The party also includes tribal chiefs, notably Sheikh Hameed al-Ahmar, the son of the late Sheikh Abdullah, a former head of parliament. Ten months of nationwide protests demanding an end to...

PARIS, Sofia Bouderbala- The Palestinian flag was raised Tuesday above the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in a diplomatic victory won despite stiff resistance from the United States and Israel....

TUNIS, Kaouther Larbi- Almost a year since the Arab Spring started in Tunisia, the north African nation on Tuesday swore in veteran opposition rights activist Moncef Marzouki as its first elected...

UNITED NATIONS, Tim Witcher- More than 5,000 people have now been killed in the government crackdown in Syria, UN rights chief Navi Pillay said Monday calling on the UN Security Council to launch a...

But Israel hit back, with an official pointing out the closure would only affect non-Muslim visitors, and accusing Jordan of reneging on an 11th-hour deal that would have allowed the construction of...

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson- President Barack Obama Monday vowed an "enduring" partnership with a "self reliant" and sovereign Iraq, touting his promise kept to end a wrenching war as he met Prime...