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Syrian anti-regime activist Yara Shammas, who faces the death penalty for "belonging to a secret organization," was bailed on Monday…

A Bosnian Muslim former soldier on Monday became the first woman to be convicted of war crimes by a local…

Two rights groups on Monday urged the UAE to release nine activists, including a member of the ruling family of…

A veteran peacekeeper urged all sides to "stop the violence" as he flew in to Syria to lead a UN…

Bahrain's highest appeals court on Monday ordered the retrial of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a jailed opposition activist who has been on…

VIENNA — Shukri Ghanem, a former Libyan prime minister and oil minister who last year announced he was abandoning Muammar…

SANAA — Yemen's new president faced a new challenge Sunday when the powerful son of the man he replaced appointed…

MANAMA — The wife of a jailed, hunger striking Bahraini rights activist says in her first visit in two weeks, she…

KANO, Nigeria — Several explosions struck a university campus Sunday morning in northern Nigeria near a theater hall where Catholics…

One year after the death of Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, his network lies in ruins even if some supporters,…