MINA, Abdel Hadi al-Habtoor- The world's Muslims on Sunday marked the Eid al-Adha feast which caps the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, with the festival overshadowed by deadly attacks in Africa and Central...
DAMASCUS- The Arab League on Sunday called an emergency meeting on Syria's failure to implement its peace plan, as forces reportedly killed at least 19 demonstrators after prayers on one of Islam's...
SOFIA- UNESCO's Director General Irina Bokova said Saturday she is considering asking members for extra money after Washington cut the UN culture agency's financing for admitting the Palestinians....
DAMASCUS- Syrian troops killed at least 23 people Friday when demonstrators took to the streets denouncing "despots and tyrants," as world powers cast doubt on the regime's commitment to an Arab...
LONDON- Amnesty International urged Tunisia on Friday not to extradite Libyan ex-prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi back to his country, saying he risked being subject to "serious human rights...
WASHINGTON- The United States would be "satisfied" if fair parliamentary elections in Egypt produced a Muslim Brotherhood victory, President Barack Obama's pointman for democratic transitions in the...
DAMASCUS- Syrian troops killed 20 civilians and arrested dozens on Thursday, a rights watchdog said, a day after Damascus pledged to withdraw its forces from protest hubs under a deal with the Arab...
DUBAI- The elderly father of the second in command of Bahrain's largest Shiite opposition group Al-Wefaq died of his injuries on Thursday after riot police attacked him a day earlier, the...
CAIRO, Mona Salem- Syria on Wednesday fully accepted an Arab League plan to end nearly eight months of bloodshed, a League official said, but Washington said President Bashar al-Assad still had to...
WASHINGTON- The United States said Wednesday it was "deeply disappointed" that Israel decided to speed up settlement building after UNESCO decided to admit the Palestinians, boosting their statehood...