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Ailing Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro made a surprise appearance in Havana to vote in parliamentary polls, expressing confidence in…

A top Iraqi minister said Sunday that the authorities had released 3,000 prisoners over the past month in a bid…

PARIS — Thirty French warplanes on Sunday blasted Islamic extremist training and logistics centres in northeast Mali, just hours after…

Syria's rebels have seized a key district in the embattled northern city of Aleppo, a resident and activists told AFP…

Iran intends to install more modern equipment at Natanz, one of its main nuclear sites, according to a document seen…

PARIS — France is keeping a tight lid on media reporting on the conflict in northern Mali, where foreign journalists…

The United Arab Emirates is to put on trial 94 Islamists accused of plotting against the Gulf state, attorney general…

Outgoing African Union chairman Thomas Boni Yayi told African leaders Sunday their response to the conflict in Mali had been…

Polling stations across Jordan opened Wednesday in a vote boycotted by Islamists behind strident pro-reform protests who have already labeled…

Syrian warplanes and tanks shelled rebel strongholds in the province of Damascus on Tuesday, a watchdog said, as a pro-regime…