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The Libyan consul in Cairo on Wednesday announced he would resign from his post and join the Libyan rebels fighting against the forces of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi.
Farag Saeed al-Oreiby, the Libyan consul, told Al-Arabiya news channel...
Amman -- Syrian tanks shelled residential areas in two towns and at least 19 people were killed across the country, rights campaigners said, as President Bashar al-Assad's forces fought to crush a seven-week uprising.
Assad, fighting the most...
Beirut -- Lebanese leaders have intensified efforts to form a government after nearly four months of stalemate over cabinet positions.
Prime Minister designate Najib Mikati met President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday, their third meeting this week,...
Sanaa -- Yemeni security forces killed two protesters and wounded dozens on Wednesday as mass rallies demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh paralyzed two major cities on Wednesday, residents and medics said.
Snipers shot dead two...
Amman -- Army tanks shelled a residential district in Homs on Wednesday, said a rights campaigner in Syria's third city which has emerged as the most populous center of defiance against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.
"Homs is shaking...
Rare paintings by some of Egypt's most renowned artists thought to have belonged to the country's former royal family have been found by workers renovating a Cairo museum.
Officials said the trove of 222 works - including books, maps and...
Egyptian real estate developer SODIC's chairman has stepped down, the firm said on Tuesday, adding to a list of resignations at property firms scrambling to distance themselves from the country's deposed president.
SODIC, Egypt's third-...
United Nations -- Under pressure from fellow UN member states, Syria dropped plans to run for a seat on the top UN human rights body and allowed Kuwait to replace it as a candidate, UN diplomats said on Tuesday.
Several UN diplomats told Reuters on...
Ramallah -- Palestinian unity is crucial to peace with Israel and the pact between the secular Fatah and Islamist Hamas movements must be given a chance, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Friday.
"I am satisfied that we are on the...
Revenue from Egypt's Suez Canal rose 15.9 percent year-on-year to US$434.6 million in April, and rose 5.1 percent from a month earlier, a state website showed on Tuesday.
Revenue in April 2010 was US$374.9 million. Revenue in March 2011 was US$...
