
Kerry hopes Russia won't sell missiles to Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the transfer of advanced missile defense systems from Russia to Syria would be a ...
Turkey testing Syrians for chemical weapon wounds
Turkey is testing injured Syrians seeking treatment across the border for chemical weapon wounds, the foreign minister said Thursday. Ahmet Davutoglu ...

Burkina Faso FM passes out in Turkey at briefing
The foreign minister of Burkina Faso on Thursday briefly passed out during a live televised news conference with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara, ...
Israel to Russia: Don't give Syria S-300 missiles
Israel has asked Russia to cancel an imminent sale of an advanced air defense system to Syria that could complicate further military intervention, ...

Islamic cleric in Gaza rejects Israel's existence
A prominent Islamic scholar making a landmark visit to the Gaza Strip declared Thursday that Israel has no right to exist and voiced his support for ...

Iraq rejects refuge for Turkey's Kurdish fighters
Iraq on Thursday rejected a key element of an accord to bring an end to a long Kurdish uprising in Turkey — offering refuge to rebel fighters in ...
Egypt's pope in 1st visit to Vatican in 40 years
Egyptian church officials say Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II has left for the Vatican, marking the first such visit in 40 years. Six priests and ...

Israel moving ahead with new settler housing
Israel has given preliminary approval to build nearly 300 housing units in a West Bank settlement, a spokesman said Thursday, bringing a Palestinian ...

Jihadi peril makes its way to Tunisia
The hunt for al-Qaida-linked militants in a mountainous region near Tunisia's borders with Algeria in recent days has raised alarm that the birthplace ...
UAE coup suspects seek probe into abuse claims
A group of 94 suspects charged with plotting against the United Arab Emirates is seeking an independent investigation into their claims of abuses in ...

Stephen Hawking backs boycott of Israeli academics
British physicist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major international conference in Israel in June, citing his belief that he should ...

Soldier says she faced harassment over Muslim name
Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, ...

Libya's new charter can shoot down contentious law
A new law that excludes former officials of the Moammar Gadhafi era from public office is dividing Libya and deepening the turmoil plaguing the ...

Israel releases top Muslim cleric in the Holy Land
Israeli police detained the top Muslim cleric in the Holy Land Wednesday in a rare crackdown on a leading religious figure, questioning him for ...

Egypt court upholds acquittals in 2011 battle
Egypt's highest appeals court on Wednesday upheld the acquittals of 24 loyalists of Hosni Mubarak who were tried for having organized a medieval-style ...

Libyan PM vows Cabinet reshuffle, praises militias
Libya's prime minister has promised a Cabinet reshuffle and praised militias by saying they are "revolutionaries" in an apparent bid to defuse tension ...

State media say Internet service restored in Syria
Internet service was restored in Syria on Wednesday, after a countrywide outage cut off the country from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours, ...

Ferrari to limit sales to boost brand exclusivity
Ferrari will limit sales of its high-performance street cars this year to protect the brand's aura of exclusivity, Chairman Luca Montezemolo said ...