BEIRUT, Jocelyne Zablit- A UN-backed court on Thursday issued a long-awaited indictment and arrest warrants for the 2005 murder of Lebanon's ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, with members of the powerful...

DAMASCUS- Syrian troops swept into new villages in the northwest on Thursday as the second city Aleppo saw anti-regime protests and as pro-democracy dissidents joined ranks at home and abroad,...

ATHENS, Ella Ide- Pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's sea blockade on Gaza slammed the Jewish state's "terrorist behaviour" on Thurday, as Israel urged them not to create friction in...

LOS ANGELES- The Obama administration's decision to enter a dialogue with Egypt's once-banned Muslim Brotherhood is a "sell-out" to the Europeans that should be overturned, a US anti-Semitism group...

PARIS- Moamer Kadhafi's daughter said Wednesday that her father's regime is in "direct and indirect" contact with the Libyan rebels, during an interview with the France 2 news channel. "At the...

DAMASCUS- Syrian troops killed seven civilians when they stormed northwestern villages Wednesday to quash anti-government dissent, activists said, as Washington piled new pressure on the regime and...

MALABO- African leaders mediating the Libyan conflict adopted proposals for a political solution to the crisis that are based on a roadmap drawn up in March and to be presented to Thursday's summit,...

RABAT, Michael Mainville- Among the spice merchants, tea vendors and shoppers of the ancient medina in Rabat, there can be no doubting widespread support for the new Moroccan constitution to be put...

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Tuesday urged Moamer Kadhafi's aides to help arrest him, as the Libyan leader lashed out at an ICC warrant against him for...