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Tehran -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has denounced the deployment of a Saudi-led military force to Bahrain to prop up the monarchy in the tiny island nation against widening demonstrations by the Shia-led opposition.
Ramin Mehmanparast...
Manama, Bahrain -- A military force from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations moved into Bahrain Monday to shore up the nation's Sunni rulers in the face of escalating Shia-led protests seeking to break the monarchy's hold on power. The force...
Beiruit--Tens of thousands of Lebanese are gathering in Beirut to mark the 2005 uprising the ended Syria's 30-year domination of Lebanon.
Sunday's rally by the country's pro-Western opposition comes during a tense time in Lebanon and in...
Egypt's military rulers on Thursday ordered the release two cousins jailed for their role in the assassination of then-president Anwar Sadat in 1981.
Abboud and Tarek el-Zomor served multiple sentences for their role in the shooting death of...
Brussels--US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the NATO alliance will pursue planning for a possible no-fly zone over Libya but is not ready to act on that or any other military action against the North African nation.
Gates told reporters at NATO...
Rasajdir, Tunisia--It had the feel of an old-fashioned barnraising--men tugging on ropes, chanting to keep a rhythm to their movements, as they pulled heavy white tarpaulin over a large metal skeleton.
The structure they put up is to serve as a...
Libyan rebels have captured the oil port town of Ras Lanouf from pro-Muammar Qadhafi forces, their first military victory in what could be a long, westward march from the opposition-held east of the country to the capital Tripoli.
Witnesses said on...
Two US warships have passed through the Suez Canal on their way to the Mediterranean Sea and closer to Libyan shores after orders from Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Egyptian officials said Wednesday.
The amphibious assault ships USS Kearsarge and...
Tunis--Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi has announced his resignation after a renewed outbreak of street violence in the North African country in the past few days.
"I have decided to quit as prime minister," Ghannouchi told a...
Large numbers of police--and new tactics like shrill whistles and street cleaning trucks--squelched overt protests in China for a second Sunday in a row after calls for peaceful gatherings modeled on recent democratic movements in the Middle East....
