SEOUL, Simon Martin- Like tens of millions of others, US technology writer Nicholas Carr found the lure of the worldwide web hard to resist -- until he noticed it was getting harder and harder to...
DAMASCUS- Security forces fired on vast crowds of protesters in the central city of Hama Friday killing 53, as the largest anti-regime demonstrations yet swept Syria, rights activists said.
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WASHINGTON, Emmanuel Parisse- The House of Representatives voted Friday to reprimand President Barack Obama for keeping a US role in NATO's Libya operations, but stopped short of calling for an end...
ANTALYA, Burak Akinci- Syrian opposition groups called Thursday for President Bashar al-Assad's immediate resignation, in a joint declaration at the end of a two-day meeting in Turkey.
The...
DAMASCUS- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Wednesday launched a "national dialogue" while freeing hundreds of political prisoners in an amnesty opposition groups and Washington say does not go far...
LONDON- Britain on Wednesday praised Bahrain's decision to lift emergency rule, but urged "concrete change and genuine political reform".
"We welcome the King's announcement of a National Dialogue...
WASHINGTON- John Brennan, President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism aide, is visiting Saudi Arabia, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates this week, the White House said Wednesday.
Brennan met...
WASHINGTON, Lachlan Carmichael- The United States ratcheted up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday, dismissing his reform pledges as just words and describing his regime's...
WASHINGTON- The State Department said Tuesday that a US diplomat in Bahrain faced threats over his work in the Gulf Arab kingdom, a US ally, but denied reports he was brought home for his safety....
MANAMA, Ali Khalil- Out of prison but in fear of being rearrested, Bahraini Shiite women doctors have spoken of abuse and torture by police after being accused of backing pro-democracy protests in...
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