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...

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...

TEL AVIV - Iran is trying to strike Israeli targets around the world in retaliation for the assassination of its nuclear scientists, a top security official has warned.

Yoram Cohen, the head of...

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,...

Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that his country will back any group or nation targeting Israel.

"From now onward, we will support and help any nations, any groups fighting against...

Violence spread across Egypt Friday, killing at least three people in a growing fallout from this week's deadly soccer riot.

Thick clouds of teargas filled the air over Cairo's Tahrir Square as...

Talk of a possible attack on Iranian nuclear facilities is again rumbling in Tehran, Jerusalem, and Washington. Israel is reported to be increasingly anxious about Iran's suspected nuclear weapons...

As Turkey increasingly tries to play the role of broker in Mideast diplomacy, there are concerns its conservative Muslim prime minister is pursuing a religious agenda. But in a speech this week,...

Activists report at least 12 deaths as protests and clashes rippled across Syria Friday while the United Nations Security Council struggled to craft a resolution to help end the...

Britain accused Russia and China of encouraging the Syrian regime's "killing regime" after they vetoed a United Nations resolution seeking an end to the violent repression. Foreign...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced deep regret after Security Council members were today unable to agree on a resolution backing an Arab League plan to resolve the crisis in Syria, where thousands...

Syrian government troops killed at least 260 people in the dissident province of Homs, the opposition says, the massacre coming on a day that a UN resolution to bring peace to Syria was vetoed in the...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1998 file photo, the shadow of Mount Sinai stretches across the valley at the foot of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai peninsula some 240...

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers Friday prayers sermon, at the Tehran University...

MUNICH -; U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday issued a new warning to Egypt that the failure to resolve a bitter dispute over the status of non-governmental pro-democracy...

From left, French representative Gerard Araud, British representative Mark Lyall Grant and U.S. representative Susan Rice confer before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at United...

China and Russia on Saturday vetoed a United Nations attempt to push Syrian President Bashar al-Assad out of power, in a setback for President Barack Obama and other western leaders attempting to...

CAIRO -- Egyptian security forces on Saturday fired tear gas from armored trucks at protesters demanding an end to military rule, as anger over a deadly soccer riot fueled a third day of clashes...

As of next fall, students in America's largest university system will once again have the opportunity to study abroad in Israel. Last month, the California State University (CSU) system...

A video released Saturday captures Friday's demonstration in the West Bank Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh, in which two foreign activists were directly hit by Israeli tear gas...

Abigail Hauslohner, Time magazine correspondent in Cairo, says clashes are ongoing in Tahrir Square, and explains there are hundreds of protesters battling with police...

LONDON -; Demonstrators have stormed six Syrian embassies in Europe and the Middle East after Syrian forces reportedly killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs. British police used batons...

New York-Feb 4 - (BNA) The Secretary-General deeply regrets that the Security Council has been unable to agree on a resolution supported by the League of Arab States to bring an early end to the...

UNITED NATIONS — Text of the proposed U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria that was vetoed Saturday by Russia and China: List of Co-Sponsors: Morocco, France, United Kingdom, United...

A dozen protesters have been arrested amid violent scenes at the Syrian embassy in London as the United Nations failed to agree a resolution despite a new wave of killing by the Damascus...

Syrian Arab Republic Russia and China have joined forces in a double veto to knock down a UN Security Council resolution calling for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step aside.The other 13...

Russia and China vetoed on Saturday an Arab- and Western-backed resolution at the UN Security Council calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down over his bloody crackdown on a...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military faced pressure on Saturday to speed up its transfer of power to civilians, as top public figures demanded a faster transition and street protests against army...

Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi said Iran will hold firm on defiance of pressure from foreign countries to abandon an alleged nuclear weapons program. "We will not give up our righteous...

Russia and China joined forces in a double veto on Saturday to knock down a Western-Arab U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step...

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says Canada 'will stand with the people of Syria in their efforts to achieve for themselves a brighter future for all Syrians.' (Adrian Wyld/Canadian...

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TEHRAN -- Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear program even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on...

CAIRO -- Syrian demonstrators ransacked their country's embassy in Cairo and broke into the missions in London and Kuwait, part of protests around the world against the worst bloodshed of the...

FIFA president Sepp Blatter gives a speech to launch the FIFA ballon d'or ceremony on January 9, 2012 at the Kongresshaus in Zurich. Blatter has slammed alleged "political...

Iranian 200-kilometre (120-mile) range Qader (Ghader) ground-to-sea missile is launched on the last day of navy war games near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. Iran's state television...

Paul Cezanne 's painting "The Card Players" could be a game-changer in the masterpiece market. The royal family of Qatar plunked down the record purchase price for one of only five...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Saturday defended Russia's arms trade with Syria. "We've explained the facts: No matter what we supply to other countries in the region, this...

Russia and China blocked a U.N. resolution Saturday condemning the Syrian crackdown amid reports more than 200 dissidents had been killed in Homs. The two veto powers said the Security Council...

(CBS/AP) President Barack Obama issued a remarkably strong statement Saturday condemning the Syrian regime's "unspeakable assault" against its own people, following Friday's...

1st February 2012 - Two journalists freed on bail Reporters Without Borders had learned of the release on bail on 3 January of the documentary...

President Barack Obama calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down following a crackdown in Syria that lead to the deaths of over 200 people. NBC's Mike Viqueira...

Police fired tear gas at protesters in a third day of deadly clashes in Cairo, as anger at...