The facts surrounding the general's death have been opaque, with senior members of the NTC giving incomplete and contradictory accounts of how he died, who killed him and the motive for the murder....

DAMASCUS- Syrian security forces pressed on with a deadly crackdown on dissent Tuesday as the Security Council held more talks on Syria and the UN chief said President Bashar al-Assad has "lost all...

WASHINGTON, Shaun Tandon- The US representative in Libya's rebel bastion of Benghazi voiced confidence Tuesday that the insurgents would work to prevent human rights abuses and insisted they were...

State Department spokesman Mark Toner declined to comment on Netanyahu's stance, saying it was up to Israel to announce its own position, but said that the United States was in talks with both...

BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao- Iraq must decide on the future of the US troop presence in the country as soon as possible and include provisions on immunity for American soldiers, the top US military officer...

DAMASCUS- Syrian tanks shelled the city of Hama on Monday after a day in which 100 people died, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad praised his troops ahead of a UN Security Council...

BENGHAZI, Dominique Soguel- Rebels said they arrested dozens of militiamen loyal to Moamer Kadhafi in their eastern bastion but suffered a blow Monday in western Libya, losing a village at the foot...

UNITED NATIONS- UN Security Council member Germany on Sunday formally requested emergency consultations by the 15-nation body on the Syrian government's deadly offensive against demonstrators, a...

CAIRO- Egyptian protesters camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square said on Sunday they will suspend their sit-in during Ramadan and will return to the square to press for reforms after the holy month is...