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JERUSALEM — Israel gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to a plan to build 600 new homes in a settlement deep inside the West Bank, a move that drew rebukes from the United Nations and Palestinians and threatened to raise tensions with the...
BEIJING — A Chinese envoy says Beijing favors a solution to Syria’s ongoing violence within the framework of the Arab League and based on the group’s proposals already put forward.
The statement posted late Saturday on the Foreign...
As Syrian forces stepped up their assault Wednesday on rebellious cities, President Bashar al-Assad ordered a referendum on a new constitution that would create a multiparty system in a country that has been ruled by his autocratic family dynasty...
An Australian journalist who was held in Egypt on suspicion of paying Egyptians to stage protests against the authorities Tuesday denied the claims and told how he could hear prisoners being tortured.
Freelance reporter Austin Mackell was...
A United Nations freelance consultant was fatally shot in the head while driving through an upscale Cairo neighborhood on Sunday, Egyptian security officials said, as concerns persist over a security vacuum blamed on lax policing since the uprising...
The Confederation of African Football says it will give US$150,000 to families of the victims of violence at a football match in Egypt.
CAF's donation for those affected by the clashes after a league game in Port Said on q February, when over 70...
Egyptian authorities arrested an Australian journalist and an American student on Saturday on the accusation of trying to bribe people to join a strike marking the first anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's ouster that demands a faster transition to...
Between blasts of rockets and mortar fire, Syrians used loudspeakers to call for blood donations and medical supplies Thursday in the stricken city of Homs, where a weeklong government offensive has created a deepening humanitarian crisis....
Egypt's ruling generals are playing a risky game of brinksmanship by cracking down on American nonprofit groups that promote democracy, threatening a relationship with Washington that has brought the military billions of dollars in aid over the...
A lawyer representing Americans facing trial over activities of their pro-democracy groups says they have been caught in a dispute between the US and Egypt over aid.
The groups are accused of operating without licenses and receiving illegal foreign...
