HAVANA- Cuba's Fidel Castro blasted Barack Obama's speech to the United Nations as "gibberish" on Monday, saying the US president used a rambling address to justify the "unjustifiable." In his...

SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Sunday he is ready to quit through early elections and is committed to a Gulf-brokered power transfer deal, without committing to...

SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- Clashes rocked the Yemeni capital on Saturday, leaving dozens of people dead a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned from months of medical treatment in Riyadh...

JOUNIEH- Middle East Christians must be "leaders of the Arab liberation movement" not "defenders of backward and brutal regimes," a Christian Lebanese leader critical of the Syrian regime said...

UNITED NATIONS- The Palestinians Friday urged Israel to seize the opportunity offered by the Quartet's latest peace blueprint, while an Israeli official said the Jewish state was studying the...

DAMASCUS- At least nine deaths were reported in Syria on Friday, a traditional day for protests, as the EU and Switzerland both said they were widening sanctions against the regime of President...

DAMASCUS- Syria said on Thursday that "terrorists" had killed five members of the security forces in the restive Daraa province, while pro-democracy activists said three civilians died in Homs,...

SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- Deadly clashes spread across Yemen's capital on Thursday as tribesmen joined battles between rival military units, raising fears among frightened residents of a descent into...

UNITED NATIONS, Nasser Abou Bakr- World leaders braced Thursday for a UN showdown, with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas determined to submit a bid to the United Nations to admit Palestine as a member...