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Syrian security forces killed five people during a raid in the flashpoint central province of Homs on Monday as the opposition scrambled to organise against the regime, activists said.
In New York, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe accused Syria...
SANAA - Yemeni security forces on Monday killed 20 people, including three dissident soldiers and two children, raising the death toll to 46 since Sunday, medics said, as protesters thronged Sanaa's streets.
The wave of bloodletting coincided...
An Egyptian decision to ban the export of closed palm fronds used in an upcoming Jewish festival is forcing Israel to seek ways to make up the shortfall, its agriculture minister said on Sunday.
In the past, Israeli dealers imported between 600,000...
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that the main aim of a fence which Israel is building on its border with Egypt is now to block militants and not just smugglers and illegal migrants.
"Putting up the fence is first...
Tourist arrivals in Egypt dropped by 35.4 percent in the second quarter following the unrest that surrounded the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak, official statistics showed on Monday.
The figures were a blow to Egypt -- home to ancient sites...
PARIS - The area covered by Arctic sea ice reached its lowest point this week since the start of satellite observation in 1972, German researchers announced on Saturday.
"On 8 September, the extent of the Arctic sea ice was 4.24 million sq...
Egyptian football fans clashed with police in a Cairo stadium late Tuesday, injuring nearly 130 people, after they chanted slogans against ousted president Hosni Mubarak and torched dozens of cars.
The trouble started when supporters of the Al-Ahly...
BENGHAZI, Libya - With drawn and gaunt faces, some 30 Egyptians holed up in a modest Libyan hotel speak of the incarceration and torture they suffered at the hands of Muammar Qadhafi's loyalists.
“They told me, 'You Egyptians, you...
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi will travel on Wednesday to Damascus carrying a peace initiative from the Cairo-based body to help solve the crisis in unrest-swept Syria, an Arab League official told AFP.
"The secretary general will visit [...
Turkey's expulsion of the Israeli ambassador puts pressure on Egypt to downgrade ties following outrage over the border killings of Egyptian policemen, analysts said.
But they said post-Mubarak Egypt's military rulers are unlikely to expel...
