LUXEMBOURG- Britain and France pressed NATO allies Tuesday to step up air raids in Libya by deploying more combat jets to protect civilians, as rebels claimed Moamer Kadhafi's regime killed 10,000...

CAIRO, Christophe de Roquefueil- Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, who suffered a heart attack on Tuesday while being questioned by prosecutors, enjoyed near absolute power for three decades before being...

ALGIERS- Thousands of students held a march in central Algiers Tuesday to call for better education standards, in defiance of a government ban on demonstrations in the Algerian capital. The...

CAIRO, Christophe de Roquefeuil- Two months after he was ousted, president Hosni Mubarak was facing Monday increasing pressure to be brought to justice over alleged corruption and violence against...

DAMASCUS- Syrian students staged a rare rally in Damascus on Monday to express solidarity with protesters killed over the weekend, as the army moved in on the flashpoint town of Banias. France and...

DAMASCUS- Syrian government forces killed at least four people and wounded 17 when they strafed a residential area of the coastal town of Banias with gunfire for hours on Sunday, witnesses told AFP....

SOHAR, Haro Chakmakjian- Turbaned troops in armoured cars have put the genie of Arab revolts back in the bottle in Sohar, a reputed hometown of "Sinbad the Sailor" and focus of violent protests in...

PARIS- France on Saturday denounced the "absurd" spiral of violence between Hamas and Israel after the number of Palestinians killed in recent clashes rose to 18. "We call on the parties to do...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- More than 1,000 protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square vowed on Saturday to stay overnight in defiance of the military after a protester was killed the night before when soldiers...