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Syrian Islamists reject Western-backed opposition
Syria's increasingly powerful Islamist rebel factions rejected the country's new Western-backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declared an ...
UN nuclear agency: Iran poised to expand nuke work
Iran is poised to double its output of higher-enriched uranium at its fortified underground facility, the U.N. nuclear agency said Friday — a ...
Calls for ouster of Jordan's king grow at protests
Calls for the ouster of Jordan's King Abdullah II grew Friday, as thousands of protesters packed the streets of the capital and demonstrations resumed ...
Hezbollah man wanted by US freed from Iraq custody
Iraq freed a jailed Hezbollah commander wanted by the United States on Friday, his lawyer said, returning him home to Lebanon in a move that ...
Calls for inquest into reported Iran blogger death
A prominent press freedom group has joined the U.S. State Department to demand Iran conduct a full investigation into the reported death of a jailed ...
Bahraini lawyers, activists face lost citizenship
Off a road guarded by three police checkpoints, Bahraini lawyer Taimoor Karimi wonders about his future in a country that no longer considers him a ...
US targets Iranians blamed for blocking Internet
The Obama administration has imposed financial sanctions against officials and government bodies in Iran that the U.S. blames for jamming satellite ...
Obama faces familiar world of problems in 2nd term
Now that his re-election is secured, President Barack Obama has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways, from toughening ...
Britain: Obama victory an opportunity for Syria
Britain called on the U.S. and other allies Wednesday to do more to shape the Syrian opposition into a coherent force, saying the re-election of ...
Syria's main opposition group broadens base
The main Syrian opposition bloc on Monday broadened its ranks to accommodate more activists and political groups from inside the country, officials ...
Divided Syrian opposition faces feuds over leaders
Over the coming days, Syria's anti-regime camp will wrangle over reorganizing its ranks, as the United States pushes a proposal to create a new ...
Cuba denounces US diplomats
Cuba denounced the American diplomatic mission on the island on Friday for what it called subversive activities designed to undermine the government ...
Senators: US gets access to Libya attack suspect
The Tunisian government will allow the United States access to a suspect in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, two senators said ...
Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels
A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns ...
Voting monitor group: We'll adhere to Texas laws
After Texas' top prosecutor told them to bring it on, the head of a group of international voting monitors at the center of an Election Day dust-up ...
Car bombs, violence mar Syria's shaky truce
Two deadly car bombs and sporadic fighting marred a shaky holiday truce Friday in Syria, although thousands of protesters used the brief respite in ...
Myanmar says ethnic strife killed 67
Myanmar authorities on Friday revised downward the death toll from this week's ethnic violence in the country's west after warning that the strife ...
56 dead in renewed ethnic violence in west Myanmar
At least 56 people have been killed and 1,900 homes destroyed in renewed ethnic violence in western Myanmar as the government warned perpetrators and ...
Defiant Texas AG wants to keep poll observers out
Don't mess with Texas elections. That's the double-down message Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott delivered Thursday to international poll watchers ...
Syria commits to 4-day truce, but prospects dim
The embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad promised Thursday to observe a U.N.-proposed truce during a four-day Muslim holiday, while ...
UN Security Council endorses Syria holiday truce
The U.N. Security Council gave unanimous backing Wednesday to a four-day truce proposed by the international mediator for Syria to mark a major Muslim ...
In Gaza visit, Qatari emir forges leading role
The emir of Qatar on Tuesday became the first head of state to visit the Gaza Strip since Hamas militants seized the territory five years ago, ...
US wants new Lebanon gov't free of Syria influence
The Obama administration on Tuesday threw its support behind efforts by Lebanon's president to form a new government in the aftermath of last week's ...
Lebanon protesters try to storm government palace
The funeral for Lebanon's slain intelligence chief descended into chaos Sunday as soldiers fired tear gas at protesters who tried to storm the ...
Beirut car bomb kills top official, 7 others
A car bomb ripped through Beirut on Friday, killing a top security official and seven others, shearing the balconies off apartment buildings and ...