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Russia on Thursday surprised the Western powers by proposing a UN Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis amid mounting international…

Bahraini police have arrested prominent human rights blogger Zainab al-Khawaja, according to a rights group and video posted online of her…

MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin told the nation he was practicing ice hockey during the biggest protests of his 12-year rule…

JERUSALEM — Extremist vandals on Thursday torched another mosque in the latest "price tag" reprisal attack as Israeli troops demolished…

JERUSALEM — Israel began preparations on Thursday to release 550 Palestinian prisoners in the second stage of a deal with Hamas that…

HONG KONG — Thousands of residents of a south China village rallied on Wednesday in defiance of police who sealed…

BEIRUT — Syrian army defectors killed at least 27 soldiers and security forces Thursday in clashes in the southern province…

The Palestinian flag was raised for the first time on Tuesday above a UN agency, the UNESCO headquarters in Paris,…

MOSCOW — After a week of surprising challenges to his authority, Vladimir Putin faces a new one from one of…

Rights activist and former opposition leader Moncef Marzouki on Monday became Tunisia's first elected president since the north African country's…