GENEVA- The UN Human Rights Council on Friday urged tougher international action against Syria, condemning "gross violations" of human rights following evidence security forces killed and tortured...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Egypt said on Friday the country's first post-revolution election had seen a record turnout but it again delayed the release of full results expected to show Islamist candidates...

SANAA, Wissam Keyrouz- Five people including a small girl were killed on Friday as troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh pressed a deadly assault on the city of Taez, medics said, raising...

The men, who have been on hunger strike since Friday, are expected to be released from Kuwait's central prison in the afternoon, said Subaie. Opposition MPs and supporters of the activists had...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Hardline Salafis, forecast to become powerbrokers in Egypt's first post-uprising parliament, are seeking to allay fears in the minority Christian community of an...

BRUSSELS, Laurent Thomet- Europe and the United States tightened economic sanctions on Syria Thursday, ramping up international pressure as the UN said more than 4,000 people had died in a crackdown...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Egypt's Islamists claimed Wednesday they were headed for victory in the opening phase of the country's first post-revolution election after two days of peaceful polling that won...

DAMASCUS, Roueida Mabardi- UN investigators on Monday said Syrian security forces had committed crimes against humanity, including the killing and torture of children, as Damascus lashed out at Arab...

"The election has been a huge success," declared Ahmed Nashaat, a 29-year-old member of the leading Islamist group the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) as night fell at a polling station in central...