UNITED NATIONS- The UN Security Council wants to quickly end its authorization for a no-fly zone and NATO action in Libya despite the country's calls for a delay, diplomats said Wednesday. Many...

MISRATA, Marc Bastian- Moamer Kadhafi's body has been buried in secret after being displayed in public for four days, in an ignominious end for Libya's longtime ruler, as the new regime on Tuesday...

SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- A truce between government and dissident forces collapsed as soon as it was announced, with at least 15 killed on Tuesday, as Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told the US...

WASHINGTON- The UN Security Council should refer credible charges of crimes against humanity by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the International Criminal Court (ICC), US senators urged Tuesday....

LONDON- Amnesty International has condemned what it calls the "climate of fear" in state hospitals of unrest-strewn Syria where both patients and medics were being targeted. "The Syrian government...

TUNIS, Mariette le Roux- Tunisians formed snaking queues in the sun to vote in their first free elections Sunday, basking in their status as democratic trail-blazers nine months after ousting a...

DAMASCUS- Syria's president came under increased international pressure Sunday as he appointed two new governors in flashpoint provinces while security forces reportedly killed eight more civilians....

MISRATA, Marc Bastian- Military commanders in the Libyan city of Misrata said Saturday that no autopsy would be carried out on the body of Moamer Kadhafi despite concerns over how the toppled...

RIYADH, Assad Abboud- Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has died, the palace announced Saturday, leaving his brother Prince Nayef the likely successor to ailing King Abdullah at a time of...