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JERUSALEM - Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired a barrage of rockets and mortars on southern Israel early Sunday,…

TEHRAN - Iran has sentenced two American hikers detained in the Islamic republic to eight years in prison on charges…

ZAWIYAH, Libya - Rebels are fighting battles in coastal cities on either side of the besieged Libyan capital Tripoli in…

ANKARA - Turkish warplanes and heavy artillery struck Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq in a third consecutive night of…

UNITED NATIONS - Sudan says it will allow six UN agencies to take part in a government-organized mission to South…

JAMRUD, Pakistan - A suicide bomber struck a crowded Pakistan mosque on Friday, killing 48 people and wounding more than…

AMMAN - Syrian forces shot dead six protesters on Friday despite President Bashar al-Assad's pledge that his military crackdown on…

GAZA - Israeli aircraft struck Hamas outposts in Gaza and Palestinians fired rockets into southern Israel on Friday as violence…

WASHINGTON - The United States for the first time explicitly called on Thursday for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step…

ZAWIYAH, Libya - Libyan rebels seized an oil refinery in the city of Zawiyah and took control of Sabratha further…