BRUSSELS- The European Union urged Syria on Monday to release a writer and two human rights lawyers and expressed grave concern about the health of one of them, 79-year-old Haytham al-Maleh.
EU...
WASHINGTON- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Monday that Israel will strike directly at Lebanese institutions if the militant group Hezbollah launches rockets at Israel.
Barak, who held...
ANKARA- Dozens of protestors gathered here Saturday to protest an Israeli team playing in a volleyball tournament in Turkey after the Jewish state's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship....
AMMAN- A Jordanian man confessed to killing his 16-year-old niece to save his family's "honour" after she was sexually assaulted, a judicial official said on Saturday.
The 43-year-old fired 30...
BEIRUT, Natacha Yazbeck- Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah's disclosure that his party is likely to be implicated in the assassination of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri could send the country sliding back to...
MANILA, Jason Gutierrez- Indie film director Jim Libiran was looking for personal salvation when he gatecrashed Philippine cinema with a movie tackling Manila's violent gangland culture.
Three...
NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- After 45 days as a hostage of the Taliban, Jere Van Dyk drew a surprising conclusion: the diehard Islamist insurgency might not be the real enemy.
The US author's newly...
MADRID- Three Spanish activists who were on board the aid flotilla raided by Israeli troops in May on Friday filed a lawsuit in Madrid against Israel for war crimes and crimes against humanity....
BEIRUT, Natacha Yazbeck- Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday that he expected members of his party to be charged by a UN court probing the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, warning he...
BEIRUT- More than 800 Druze from 37 countries including Israel on Thursday wrapped up an unprecedented three-day congress in Lebanon aimed at uniting the secretive, small community, organisers said....
Home
Politics
