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Tripoli - The Libyan government accused NATO of bombing a residential neighborhood in the capital and killing civilians early Sunday, adding to its charges that the alliance is striking nonmilitary targets. At least four people, including two...
Beirut - Syrian troops backed by tanks and firing heavy machine guns swept into a village near the Turkish border Saturday as the army intensified operations in the northwest where their have been heavy clashes between loyalist troops and defectors...
Boynuyogun, Turkey – Syrian tanks pushed toward more towns and villages near the Turkish and Iraqi borders on Tuesday, expanding the crackdown against a 12-week uprising to the north and east as more Syrians flee their homes.
Activists...
Paris--Created as a bulwark against Soviet expansion, NATO is facing an identity crisis as its members grapple with just how much its long and often-unpopular mission in Afghanistan and its new air campaign in Libya size up as national interests -...
Tehran--Iranian police swinging clubs chased protesters and made arrests Sunday to disperse hundreds of people who gathered in the capital to mark the second anniversary of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election, the opposition...
Jerusalem - Israeli policemen entered a sensitive Jerusalem holy site Friday and used stun grenades to disperse dozens of Palestinian protesters who were hurling stones at security personnel, police said.
The scene of the clash was the Old City...
Cucumbers may be out of favor on earth, but a Japanese astronaut said Monday that he plans to harvest the vegetable on board the International Space Station.
Satoshi Furukawa is set to blast off early Wednesday for a half-year stint in orbit along...
Beirut - A Syrian activist says elite government forces are heading to the country's north in possible preparation for an attack on a town where soldiers reportedly joined an anti-government uprising.
The activist, Mustafa Osso, says witnesses...
Sanaa - Clashes have killed a total of 19 people, including three children, in two Yemeni provinces, military and medical officials said Tuesday, signaling no respite to the violence in the poor Arab nation shaken by months of unrest.
Even after the...
Sanaa - Violence threatened Yemen's capital with a return to chaos Monday - at least three opposition and three government forces killed - after a day of jubilation had gripped Sanaa with the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who...
