MISRATA, Alberto Arce- Rebels fighting to oust Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi drove his forces back from around Misrata on Monday and were poised to make another thrust, as NATO said the strongman's...

UNITED NATIONS- Syrian authorities stopped a UN humanitarian team from visiting the protest city of Daraa where hundreds are said to have been killed in a government crackdown, UN officials said...

AMMAN- King Abdullah II is to travel to the United States on Thursday for his first meeting with President Barack Obama since pro-reform protests broke out in Jordan in January. "The king will...

WASHINGTON, Shaun Tandon- Top Pakistani musician Salman Ahmad has hailed Osama bin Laden's death as a victory for the Islamic world and demanded accountability over how the Al-Qaeda chief lived in...

BRUSSELS- Europe took umbrage Sunday at demands it offer more trade incentives to Arab nations in exchange for true democratic progress, after a study slammed its failed aid system over the last two...

DAMASCUS- A 12-year-old boy was among several people killed Sunday as Syrian troops hunted down opponents of President Bashar al-Assad in two restive cities, activists said, despite world anger over...

BENGHAZI, Dominique Soguel- Moamer Kadhafi's troops unleashed a salvo of Grad rockets on towns in Libya's western mountains, and destroyed key fuel supplies in a move that could aggravate a desperate...

WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle- Al-Qaeda and Islamic militants Friday vowed to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden by US commandos, declaring him a "martyr" and calling on Muslims to rise up against the...

CAIRO, Christophe De Roquefeuil- Arab states are keeping mum and not taking positions on the Syrian crisis, fearing the unrest there could spill over their borders as they battle their own internal...