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  CAIRO - Arab League chief Nabil al-Araby called on Tuesday for an international investigation into the killing of civilians in Syria which…

DAMASCUS — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, facing a one-year revolt against his rule, set parliamentary elections under his country's new…

Egypt's finance minister denied a report published on Monday that the government had raised its budget deficit forecast for this…

BEIRUT — Dozens of civilians in Syria's flashpoint city of Homs were killed in cold blood, the government and opposition…

Two Israelis and a Ukrainian were sentenced to life in prison by an Egyptian court on Monday on charges of…

DUBAI/LONDON — Dubai-based developer Majid Al Futtaim has picked two Egyptian banks to arrange a loan worth around US$500 million…

JERUSALEM — Jewish settlers signed an agreement with the Israeli government on Sunday to leave the biggest illegal outpost in…

OFUNATO, Japan - With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear rallies, Japan marked on Sunday one year since an…

CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday he will be home from Cuba in a week and start…

Israeli aircraft on Sunday killed two Palestinians, one a 12-year-old boy, medical sources in Gaza said, as cross border violence…