‘Slim’ hope of truce as fighting rages on Syria battlefields
Fierce machinegun battles broke out near Aleppo's ancient Umayyad Mosque, as troops…
Anti-government demo in Tunis on poll anniversary eve
Supporters of the leftist coalition the Popular Front shouted slogans such as:…
Al-Qaeda Yemen deputy leader dismisses death reports
A tribal source told AFP after the raid that a ground operation…
Prostitution trial linked to Gaddafi son opens in France
Mutassim Kadhafi was killed with his father on October 20 last year.…
Troops, gunmen exchange fire in Beirut as tensions rise
Lebanon has been on edge since Friday, when police intelligence chief General…
Darfur peacekeepers hit by weapons ‘never used before’
The ambush occurred while a UNAMID convoy of military, police and civilian…
Controversial Egyptian movie 678 wins several awards
The two international festivals are big in their own categories; the Cordoba…
Qatari emir to visit Gaza Tuesday, say Hamas sources
It will be the first visit to the Palestinian enclave by an…