JOHANNESBURG- A group of African leaders will visit Libya this weekend and meet with both sides in the country's deepening conflict to demand an immediate ceasefire, the South African foreign...

DAMASCUS, Sammy Ketz- Syria on Thursday granted citizenship to tens of thousands of Kurds on the same day that a legal committee completed draft legislation to replace nearly five decades of...

SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- Gulf states piled the pressure on Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Thursday, announcing they expect him to quit following more than two months of bloody...

WASHINGTON- The United States rebuffed Wednesday a letter from Moamer Kadhafi to President Barack Obama, reiterating calls for the Libyan strongman to agree to a ceasefire and relinquish power. "I...

BAGHDAD, Mathieu Rabechault- US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Baghdad Wednesday for talks with Iraqi leaders and to see American troops, who ended combat operations in August ahead of a...

DAMASCUS, Sammy Ketz- Syrian lawmakers plan to adopt major reforms in May, including an end to emergency rule, a politician close to the regime said on Wednesday, as rights bodies called for a probe...

WASHINGTON- A senior US diplomat arrived Tuesday in rebel-held eastern Libya for talks with the opposition about its political aims and the provision of humanitarian aid, the State Department said....

DUBAI- Amnesty International warned on Wednesday against any immunity deal for those responsible for the deaths of dozens of anti-regime demonstrators in Yemen, especially the "Black Friday"...

CAIRO- Latest developments in the unrest sweeping the Middle East and North Africa in the past 24 hours: LIBYA: Libya's government says it is ready to negotiate reforms but only if Moamer Kadhafi...