- Opposition: Syria's Iraq ambassador has defected CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - AP - 2 hrs 2 mins ago
The Syrian ambassador to Iraq has defected, denouncing President Bashar Assad in a TV statement Wednesday, becoming the most senior diplomat to abandon the regime during … More »Opposition: Syria's Iraq ambassador has defected
- Pressure on Assad as West plans Syria sanctions Tim Witcher - AFP - 3 hrs ago
Pressure mounted on Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday as Western powers sought a UN resolution that would give him 10 days to silence his heavy guns or face … More »Pressure on Assad as West plans Syria sanctions
- Gadhafi's divisive policies still haunt Libya MAGGIE MICHAEL - AP - 3 hrs ago
Rebels from the western town of Zintan were seen as heroes after playing a key role in toppling Moammar Gadhafi. Empowered and flush with weapons from Libya's civil … More »Gadhafi's divisive policies still haunt Libya
- Liberals sweep party seats in east Libya: partial tally Dominique Soguel - AFP - 4 hrs ago
Libya's Islamists suffered a major defeat on their eastern hometurf with preliminary results Wednesday giving a net advantage to a liberal coalition contesting party … More »Liberals sweep party seats in east Libya: partial tally
- New Egypt president in Saudi on first foreign trip AFP - 4 hrs ago
Egypt's new president, Mohamed Morsi, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for his first foreign trip since taking office and met with King Abdullah, the official SPA … More »New Egypt president in Saudi on first foreign trip
- Outgoing leader says Islamists won't rule Libya MAGGIE MICHAEL - AP - 4 hrs ago
Liberal parties held a lead Wednesday in partial results from Libya's first parliamentary election, on the same day that the head of the interim government stated his … More »Outgoing leader says Islamists won't rule Libya
- Iraqi mullah faces new charges in Norway AFP - 5 hrs ago
The Iraqi founder of an Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam is being prosecuted in Norway for inciting terrorist acts, the public prosecutor's office said on … More »Iraqi mullah faces new charges in Norway
- Syrian envoy to Iraq defects: diplomat AFP - 5 hrs ago
Syria's ambassador to Iraq Nawaf Fares has defected from the regime of embattled President Bashar al-Assad, an Arab diplomat in Baghdad told AFP Wednesday. More »Syrian envoy to Iraq defects: diplomat
- Lebanon suspends aid to Syrian refugees: PM office AFP - 6 hrs ago
The Lebanese authorities have suspended medical assistance to Syrian refugees in the north of the country, a government source said on Wednesday, sparking concern among … More »Lebanon suspends aid to Syrian refugees: PM office
- Egypt's Morsi leaves for Saudi on 1st foreign trip HAMZA HENDAWI - AP - 6 hrs ago
Egypt's Islamist president flew to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday at the start of his first foreign trip, underscoring the traditionally close ties between the two regional … More »Egypt's Morsi leaves for Saudi on 1st foreign trip
- Rise in settler attacks on Palestinians: UN, NGOs AFP - 6 hrs ago
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has risen sharply, due to friction between people or a desire to intimidate or take revenge, UN agencies and NGOs said … More »Rise in settler attacks on Palestinians: UN, NGOs
- Bashir says no Arab Spring in Sudan AP - 7 hrs ago
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday dismissed opposition calls for an Arab Spring-style uprising in the African country, threatening that "a burning hot summer" … More »Bashir says no Arab Spring in Sudan
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday dismissed opposition calls for an Arab Spring-style uprising in the African country, threatening that "a burning hot summer" awaits his enemies.
- Salafists stage sit-in for Tunisians held in Iraq AFP - 8 hrs ago
Hardline Salafists on Wednesday joined a protest by parents of 22 Tunisians detained in Iraq to protest the government's failure to repatriate them, an AFP journalist … More »Salafists stage sit-in for Tunisians held in Iraq
- Palestinians in crisis, pledged aid not received AP - 8 hrs ago
The Palestinian finance minister says his self-rule government is facing its worst financial crisis in years because donor countries have paid only $466 million of $1.2 … More »Palestinians in crisis, pledged aid not received
The Palestinian finance minister says his self-rule government is facing its worst financial crisis in years because donor countries have paid only $466 million of $1.2 billion promised this year.
- Egypt's Morsi says will obey court ruling on parliament Samer al-Atrush - AFP - 8 hrs ago
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi will respect a court ruling overturning his decree for the dissolved Islamist-dominated parliament to convene, his office said on Wednesday … More »Egypt's Morsi says will obey court ruling on parliament
- Suicide attack on Yemen police academy kills 6: security AFP - 8 hrs ago
An Al-Qaeda suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of a police academy in Sanaa on Wednesday, killing at least eight cadets and wounding several more more, the … More »Suicide attack on Yemen police academy kills 6: security
- Suicide attack on Yemen police cadets kills 10 AHMED AL-HAJ - AP - 8 hrs ago
A suspected al-Qaida suicide bomber detonated his explosives among a crowd of Yemeni police cadets as they were leaving their academy Wednesday, killing at least 10 … More »Suicide attack on Yemen police cadets kills 10
- Egypt's president says he respects court verdicts AP - 9 hrs ago
Egypt's Islamist president says he's committed to uphold court verdicts — an attempt to ease tensions over the fate of the country's parliament. More »Egypt's president says he respects court verdicts
Egypt's Islamist president says he's committed to uphold court verdicts — an attempt to ease tensions over the fate of the country's parliament.
- Rights groups: Spike in Israeli settler violence KARIN LAUB - AP - 9 hrs ago
Militant Israeli settlers in the West Bank have stepped up attacks on Palestinians in recent years, human rights groups and U.N. agencies said Wednesday, claiming a … More »Rights groups: Spike in Israeli settler violence
Militant Israeli settlers in the West Bank have stepped up attacks on Palestinians in recent years, human rights groups and U.N. agencies said Wednesday, claiming a lack of Israeli law enforcement has created a climate of impunity.
- Israel hosts Yamamoto's avant-garde designs Delphine Matthieussent - AFP - 9 hrs ago
The geometric structures and angular light in Israel's ultra-modern Design Museum Holon offer a made-to-measure setting for a new retrospective by avant-garde fashion … More »Israel hosts Yamamoto's avant-garde designs
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