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France will propose giving the United Nations the power to enforce Kofi Annan's Syrian peace plan, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius…

A wave of apparently coordinated bombings and shootings rocked Iraq during a major Shia religious commemoration on Wednesday, killing at…

Tunisian police fired tear gas and warning shots as they clashed with a group of hardline Salafi Muslims in the…

 

TUNIS — Tunisia's interior and defense ministries have declared a night time curfew in the capital and seven other suburbs and…

Human Rights Watch warned on Tuesday that migrant construction workers in Qatar, which is preparing to host the 2022 World…

Syrian troops have tortured children, executed them and used children as young as eight as "human shields" during military raids…

MUSCAT, OMAN — Omani riot police on Monday detained some 30 activists during a peaceful protest near police headquarters in…

  TEL AVIV – Israel said on Monday it had started rounding up African migrants in the first stage of…

BEIRUT— Syrian troops attacked a rebel-held town in the center of the country with helicopter gunships on Monday and shelled…