BRASILIA- Brazil's senate voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of a bill that would strip corrupt politicians of their right to public office after 2.5 million fed-up voters signed a petition forcing...

CAIRO- A court in Egypt is to rule next month on whether Egyptian men married to Israeli women are to be stripped of their citizenship, a judicial source told AFP on Tuesday. "The High...

DAMASCUS- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Damascus on Tuesday ahead of a planned trip to Washington, which accuses Syria of supplying Lebanon's Hezbollah with missiles. Hariri, who...

CANNES, Rory Mulholland- Stephen Frears proudly claimed Tuesday to be the first director to bring a stampede of English cows to the big screen with "Tamara Drewe," which premieres in Cannes with Bond...

RAMALLAH- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is to meet US envoy George Mitchell on Wednesday to discuss final-status issues in indirect peace talks with Israel, the chief Palestinian negotiator...

KUWAIT CITY, Omar Hasan- Kuwaiti activists and their supporters on Monday called for the appointment of women to the Gulf state's judiciary, from which they are still barred despite winning political...

LONDON, Robin Millard- Gordon Brown faces the challenge of carving a role for himself after bowing out as British prime minister: something that turned some of his predecessors into sulky depressives...

JERUSALEM- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday criticised Russia for supplying arms to Syria, saying the move did not help efforts to bring peace to the region. "The sale of these...

BANGKOK, Ian Timberlake - As gunfire sounded outside his condominium, Khrichana Phanitphong tried to warn his friend to come in from the balcony. Too late. "I was worried about my friend so I...