MADRID- Spain sought an urgent explanation Friday for a Moroccan security force raid against a camp settlement in Western Sahara that sparked clashes leaving at least 12 people dead. Moroccan...

WASHINGTON- Syria has failed to meet Washington's hopes since the Obama administration started to engage with the former US foe, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview published...

BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was to begin forming his cabinet Friday, eight months after elections and a day after an acrimonious meeting of MPs over claims a...

DOHA- Qatar is considering ending the oft-criticised sponsorship system, under which employers sponsor foreign workers and have a great deal of control over them, the prime minister said on...

VIENNA, Sim Sim Wissgott - A welcome revival is taking place at the Vienna Ballet under its new director Manuel Legris, who already plans to rival Paris or Moscow with an array of premieres and a new...

SEOUL- Britain unveiled a radical shake-up of the welfare state Thursday, saying it would withhold benefit payments for up to three years from those who refuse to take jobs. Prime Minister David...

RAMALLAH, Nasser Abu Bakr- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called on Wednesday for the UN Security Council to urgently debate Israeli settlement building, which has deadlocked peace talks, his...

DOHA- Representatives of 16 Arab states meeting in Doha for an Interpol general assembly have contested the validity of 33 Syrian arrest warrants mostly against Lebanese, Lebanon's police chief said...

JERUSALEM- Israel on Tuesday rejected global criticism of moves to build 1,300 new homes in occupied east Jerusalem, insisting it would never limit construction in its "capital," the premier's office...