SANAA, Jamal al-Jaberi- President Ali Abdullah Saleh is to speak on television within days to reassure Yemenis on his health, three weeks after being hospitalised in Riyadh with bomb blast wounds, a...

DAMASCUS, Rim Haddad- Critics of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad vowed at an unprecedented gathering in Damascus Monday to press ahead with a peaceful uprising, as his embattled regime invited...

THE HAGUE, Jan Hennop- The International Criminal Court issued a war crimes arrest warrant for Libya's Moamer Kadhafi on Monday in a move hailed by rights bodies and the West on the 100th day of a...

DAMASCUS- Syrian troops pushed towards the Lebanese border on Sunday as they pressed a deadly crackdown in central towns on the eve of an opposition meeting in Damascus on the country's unrest,...

CAIRO- Egypt's military rulers want to hand over powers to an elected government "as soon as possible," US Senator John McCain said after talks on Sunday with the head of the Supreme Council of the...

PRETORIA, Tabelo Timse - African leaders Sunday welcomed Moamer Kadhafi's decision to stay out of talks to end Libya's conflict, entering its fifth month, as fighting raged between his troops and...

DAMASCUS- Four civilians were shot dead by Syrian security forces on Saturday, as tanks entered a border village with Turkey and workers there scrambled to erect a tent city anticipating a new...

RABAT- Moroccan officials are organising local inhabitants to confront pro-democracy demonstrators planning a peaceful protest on Sunday, rights activists said. "Violence targeting the youth of...

DAMASCUS- Syrian security forces shot dead 14 protesters on Friday as tens of thousands of anti-regime demonstrators surged onto the streets after weekly Muslim prayers, and Europe condemned Damascus...