Humanitarian crisis deepens in Syrian city of Homs
BEIRUT (AP) — Between blasts of rockets and mortar fire, Syrians used loudspeakers to call for blood donations and medical supplies…
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Tribesman kidnap 18 Egyptian border guards
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Security officials say tribesmen have kidnapped 18 Egyptian border guards along the border with Israel in…
Pardoned Moroccan clerics say they were tortured
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Three conservative clerics whose arrests nine years ago heralded the beginning of Morocco's crackdown on…
Syrian forces renew bombardment in Homs
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces fired mortars and rockets that killed scores of people Thursday in the rebellious city of Homs, activists…
Palestinian prisoner on 55th day of hunger strike
JERUSALEM (AP) — In a high-stakes gamble, an imprisoned member of a Palestinian militant group has waged a hunger strike for almost two…
US envoy urges renewed Bahrain crisis talks
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — The U.S. State Department's top human rights envoy is urging Bahrain's Sunni monarchy and Shiite-led opposition…
Jordan holds ex-intelligence chief in graft probe
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian prosecutor says he has ordered a powerful former intelligence chief to be detained for 14 days pending…
Report: Iraq has executed 65 so far in 2012
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities executed at least 65 people in the first 40 days of 2012 for various offenses, including 14 on a…
Ahmadinejad seeks rebound in Iranian elections
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — There's a Persian saying used to describe an under-the-radar political effort: "Driving at night with the lights…
City of Homs becomes focus of Syria's uprising
MAFRAQ, Jordan (AP) — Every day, rockets and mortars fired by regime forces rattle the streets of Homs. Armed rebels ambush government…
