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Syria draft constitution to be ready in 4 months: SANA

President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday announced the creation of an ad hoc committee tasked with preparing a new ...

Arab foreign ministers to discuss Syria on Sunday

Arab foreign ministers will meet in Cairo on Sunday to discuss Syrian President Bashar al-Assad`s crackdown on ...

Yemen protesters urge UN to put Saleh on trial

Demonstrators on Friday called for the United Nations to intervene to put Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on trial ...

Syria woman thought mutilated turns up alive on TV

Syrian state television has aired an interview with a woman who had reportedly been found decapitated, armless and ...

Russia, China veto UN resolution condemning Syria

Russia and China joined forces on Tuesday to veto a European-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Syria ...

Egyptian police raid Al Jazeera unit again

Egyptian police raided the offices of an Al Jazeera channel in Cairo on Thursday and confiscated equipment for the ...

Jordan allows Hamas leader to visit ailing mother

Khaled Meshaal, the leader of Islamist group Hamas which rules the Gaza Strip, has been allowed into Jordan to visit ...

Syria death toll now over 2,700: UN

Over 2,700 people have been killed in Syria`s bloody crackdown on protestors, the Office of the United Nations High ...

Three slain Chechens buried in Turkey

Three Chechens, one of them closely linked to Russia`s most-wanted militant leader, were buried on Monday after they ...

Malaysians among four dead in Thai South blasts

Malaysian tourists were among four killed and 110 wounded in multiple blasts in the insurgency-plagued Thai south, ...

US urges `stronger` UN resolution on Syria

The United States wants "stronger" United Nations action on Syria and will push the Security Council for a resolution ...

Syria delays league chief visit as death toll rises

Syria requested the 11th-hour postponement of a planned visit by the Arab League chief to press for an end to its ...

Two dead, five hurt in Mexico casino blast

Two people were killed and five others wounded Thursday in a bomb blast at a casino in the northern Mexican industrial ...

ICC, Libyan rebels in talks over transfer if Qadhafi`s son

The International Criminal Court (ICC) and Libyan rebels are involved in talks on Monday on transferring a captured ...

US urges Turks, Saudis to press Assad to step down

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other governments should call on Syrian ...