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Brahimi pushes for Syria peace talks on Cairo visit
The U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria is in Cairo as part of a regional tour aimed at garnering support for a peace ...Lebanese and Turkish hostages freed after rare Syrian co-operation
Two kidnapped Turkish pilots arrived in Istanbul after leaving Lebanon on Saturday and nine Lebanese hostages freed from Syria landed in Beirut, ...Al-Shabaab suicide bomber attacks restaurant in Somalia
The Shabab militant group in Somalia claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Saturday that killed at least 13 people at a ...Maldives police stop presidential election
Police in the Maldives have forced the postponement of the re-run of the presidential poll, declaring the vote illegal and blocking ballot ...At least 93 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured by falling ...
At least 93 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured by falling buildings islands popular with tourists in the ...Fire at Japan hospital kills 10, injures several more
A fire broke out at a Japanese hospital early Friday, killing 10 people, the police said.US Republicans seek short-term debt extension
The White House says House Speaker John Boehner\'s proposal for a short-term deal to increase the nation\'s borrowing limit is an “encouraging ...Battles rage around Syria chemical weapons sites
International inspectors in Syria have visited three of the 20 sites linked to the country\'s chemical weapons programme, as anti-government activist groups ...New report says Syrian rebels committed war crimes
Syrian rebels led by al Qaida’s regional affiliates killed and kidnapped hundreds of civilians during an offensive in coastal Syria in early ...Road Terror, Motorcycles, SUVs and the Second Amendment
Everyone who has watched the news has seen the SUV being attacked by a gang of motorcyclists in ...