BEIRUT: Syrian activists say a government rocket attack has killed six members of a single family in the north of the country, where rebels fighting
JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliamentary election has ended in a stunning deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line bloc and center-left rivals, forcing the badly weakened Israeli leader to scramble to cobble
BANGKOK: A prominent Thai labor rights activist and magazine editor was sentenced to a decade in prison Thursday for violating much-debated laws designed to protect Thailand’s royal family. The verdict
WASHINGTON (AP) — Turning the page on years of war and recession, President Barack Obama summoned a divided nation Monday to act with “passion and dedication” to broaden equality and
JAKARTA: Heavy floods in Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta since Tuesday have killed 20 and affected about 250,000 people, an official said here on Monday.On Monday, the floods have receded in
BEIRUT: Syria’s foreign minister invited the country’s rebels on Saturday to lay down their weapons and take part in a national dialogue, saying everyone who participates will be included in
Islamist rebels in Mali abandoned the central town of Diabaly on Friday after fleeing a French air strike, military sources said, while West African troops arrived in Bamako to take
ALGIERS/IN AMENAS, Algeria (Reuters) – More than 20 foreigners were captive or missing inside a desert gas plant on Saturday, nearly two days after the Algerian army launched an assault
A Pakistani officer investigating a corruption case against the prime minister was found dead in the country’s capital Friday in what was likely an act of suicide, police said. The
NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States and China have struck a tentative deal on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution condemning North Korea for its December rocket launch, U.N. diplomats