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Gulf Arab states will consider placing Lebanon's Shiite party Hezbollah, which is openly involved in the Syrian conflict, on its…

Whatever their social or political differences, Cairo's residents agree on one thing: the traffic is a nightmare. Increasingly desperate to…

TUNIS — Three young European women with topless protest group Femen were arrested on Wednesday after baring their breasts in…

The first professional sumo wrestler from either Africa or the Arab world was given a boost Wednesday, winning promotion to…

Egyptian restoration experts have managed to remove graffiti from an ancient monument after it had been defaced by a Chinese…

Amos Oz, Israel's best-known writer, was on Monday named the winner of this year's international Franz Kafka literary prize for…

Violence in Iraq has killed more than 500 people in May, AFP figures showed on Tuesday, as authorities struggled to…

Europe's Digital Agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes on Monday welcomed a pledge by Egypt to maintain an 'open' Internet that would…

Iran has opened two lines of credit totalling $4 billion to Damascus and expects to open up a third to…

A Jordanian military tribunal on Monday jailed nine Muslim extremists who were planning to go to neighbouring Syria to fight…