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DAMASCUS--Hamas said on Sunday the rival Fatah faction of President Mahmud Abbas is delaying moves to seal reconciliation by insisting on keeping Salam Fayyad as prime minister.
In early May the two sides signed a unity deal in Cairo and have met...
Benghazi - Buoyed by French arms drops and intensified NATO air strikes on the regime's frontline armour, Libya's rebel army said it is poised for an offensive that could put it within striking distance of Tripoli.
The rebels'...
Rabat - Morocco's King Mohammed VI won praise from Europe and the United States after voters massively endorsed reforms offered in a bid to quiet protests inspired by uprisings in the Arab world.
More than 98 percent of voters backed a new...
Tripoli - Libyan leader Muammer Qadhafi threatened retaliation against Europe unless NATO ceases its operations, warning loyalist forces can launch stinging attacks like "locusts and bees."
"The Libyan people are capable, one day, of...
Moroccans overwhelmingly approved curbs on the near absolute powers of King Mohammed VI, with 98 percent voting "yes" in a referendum put forward after protests inspired by uprisings in the Arab world.
Interior Minister Taib Cherkaoui...
A key US lawmaker on Friday condemned contacts between President Barack Obama's administration and Egypt's once-banned Muslim Brotherhood, warning the group aims to impose strict Islamist law.
"I strongly disagree with the Obama...
Egypt's new Foreign Minister Mohamed al-Orabi called Thursday evening for avoiding escalation of the conflict in Libya after France air-dropped weapons to Libyan rebels.
"All we need to do is to prevent escalation", said Orabi in...
BEIRUT--Lebanon braced on Friday for a possible backlash after a UN-backed tribunal issued an indictment in the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, amid reports top Hezbollah members were named.
Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Shiite militant...
Egypt's new regime announced on Thursday that it has created a fund to aid those people injured in the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak and to help the families of those killed.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which has...
Geneva - Ten million people in the Horn of Africa have been hit by the worst drought in 60 years, with some areas on the verge of famine and thousands on the march in search of food and water, the UN said on Tuesday.
A poor rainy season coupled...
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