Many of us doubt that Iran is on the way to building a nuclear bomb.

Trying to find the truth is not easy. It was a bit of a one sided conversation since I don't know the inner workings of the...

The US should suspend military assistance to Egypt until the civilian government is established because such a step "could help Egypt avoid decades of the violence, terrorism and cloak-and-dagger...

Sharon Osbourne has been slapped with a lawsuit by a jewellery company for allegedly going back on a million-dollar deal to promote a line bearing her name on a shopping channel.

The reality TV star...

Egypt is on the brink of political and economic collapse and the West has an obligation to sustain the country with financial aid and diplomatic support, a senior Muslim Brotherhood official has...

Protesters in Egypt faced off with police in the capital, Cairo, and other cities for a third straight day Saturday in clashes that have left at least 12 people dead and 2,500 others wounded.

The...

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that Iran will respond on its nuclear program, saying the consequences of war would be "10 times more detrimental" for the US.

"They have...

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will explain his country's stance on the issue of peace talks with the Afghan Taliban during hid visit to Qatar next week to meet the Gulf state's leaders,...

In the worst violence of the near year-long crackdown by government forces, Syrian security forces have launched a massive attack on the people of Homs.

Using heavy artillery, the Syrian forces...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- An international human rights group has urged Israel to lift what it says are arbitrary restrictions on Palestinian residency in the West Bank and...

MUNICH (AP) -- The Russian and Chinese veto of a U.N. resolution aimed at ending Syria's bloodshed drew stinging criticism from Arab and Turkish officials on Sunday, and Tunisia's prime...

MUNICH (Reuters) - An Israeli raid on Iran's nuclear facilities would deliver a painful shock to the global economy, revive flagging Islamist militancy and possibly drag the United States into a...

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Russia and China blocked a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria for its crackdown on protests, amid growing outrage Sunday at a "massacre" in the protest city of...

It has been no picnic for the world since the beginning of 2012, with the major economies moving to sanction Iran and Iran planning retaliation. The Middle East country will be one of the major...

Tawakkul Karman, of Yemen, who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, gestures during her speech at the Security Conference on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 in Munich, southern Germany. The Yemeni activist says...

MUNICH -; Yemeni activist and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkul Karman says Russia and China bear moral responsibility for killings in Syria and is urging governments to expel Syrian...

JERUSALEM -; Palestinians say extremist Jews have scrawled their home in a West Bank village with offensive graffiti in retaliation for an upcoming demolition of a wildcat Jewish outpost. ...

February 4, 2012 The U.N. Security Council failed again Saturday to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China vetoed a resolution backing an Arab League plan...

Countries around the world should ask Syrian ambassadors residing there to leave, argued Tunisian PM Hamadi Jebali. Speaking at the security conference in Munich Sunday, Jebali argued that ongoing...

Joint US-Bulgarian military bases in Bulgaria will not be used for a potential US strike on Iran, said Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Nikolay Mladenov. Mladenov was speaking ahead of...

Russia said on Wednesday it would consider "constructive proposals" to end bloodshed in Syria but was opposed to force or sanctions, as regime troops reportedly pounded the protest hub of...

Assassins have shot dead a former senior leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq who defected from the extremist network and sided with US forces, officials said on...

Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were allowed to bring their Egyptian tour guide with them. One even put out his...

Netanyahu: In this region the only thing ensuring Israel's survival, security and prosperity is our strength; Ya'alon says Assad's fall could "break the axis of evil with Iran,...

Foreign military intervention in Syria will lead to an "explosion in the entire region, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi warned in an interview with the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar...

An activist of the group called "Freedom Convoy" waves a Syrian flag and chants slogans against president Bashar al-Assad during a gathering on January 12, 2012, near the Turkish-Syrian...

Israel has not and is not interfering in the political crisis in Syria, Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon said on Sunday, adding that he did not think radical...

Syria resolution, which had the backing of most Arab and European countries, was voted on as Assad forces killed at least 200, in what activists called one of the bloodiest episodes of the...

Do you remember what happened on February 2 last year? On that day, one year ago, Tahrir Square was attacked by thugs on camels, horses and donkeys. These clashes, which lasted for hours and were...

CAIRO: Protesters and riot police fought pitched battles in Cairo Sunday as clashes sparked by the perceived failure of Egypt's military rulers to prevent deadly football-linked violence raged...

Fujitsu has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) to commence a collaborative smart communities project in MODON's industrial...

MUNICH (Reuters) - An Israeli raid on Iran's nuclear facilities would deliver a painful shock to the global economy, revive flagging Islamist militancy and possibly drag the United States into a...

MOSCOW, February 5 (RIA Novosti) – A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in south Iran, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website on Sunday. The...

Just north of the Johns Hopkins medical campus, in the Middle East section of East Baltimore — an area where hundreds of families were moved out and hundreds of homes were razed as part of a...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — An international human rights group has urged Israel to lift what it says are arbitrary restrictions on Palestinian residency in the West Bank and Gaza. The New...

Thousands of people turned out for the mass funeral for those who died in the violent crackdown in Homs on Friday night. Unverified videos posted on the internet supposedly shows a procession of...

Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling on Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to stand down. The United States said the vote has raised the risk of more bloodshed...

Western nations have deplored the vetoing by Russia and China of a UN resolution condemning the crackdown in Syria on anti-government protests. The US said the veto was "shameful", while...