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Libyan forces in the eastern city of Benghazi fired machine guns at thousands of mourners during a funeral for slain anti-government protesters on…

CAIRO — Wary of the unrest in Tunisia, Arab leaders are expected Wednesday to commit to a proposed $2 billion program to boost faltering economies…

Yemen, Sana’a – It’s nine o’clock at night on a busy road on the outskirts of Sana’a and a man is waiting at the shadows. Samir, a 22-year-old…

WASHINGTON  — Twenty-five countries showed significant declines in democracy in 2010 with little serious resistance from the democratic world, the…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Economies from the Middle East and North Africa are likely to grow roughly twice as fast over the next two years as…

THE CONSERVATIVE PROAmerican, Egyptian-Saudi axis, which has traditionally chartered regional Middle East policy, is increasingly being supplanted by…

A French judge who prevented the extradition of future prime minister Yitzhak Shamir after he escaped a British prison in Eritrea in 1947 has…

The UN Human Rights Council report that has scathingly condemned Israel for last May’s Mavi Marmara incident was no bolt from the blue. Indeed, any…

NAIROBI, Kenya – A new report says the international community must engage more with the authoritarian leadership of Eritrea to prevent the tiny Red…

They are fighting one of the most fervent, successful and rapidly expanding Islamist militias in the world. The government they are fighting for…

For years the 100 to 170 nautical mile route across the Gulf of Aden between Somalia and Yemen has been well traveled. Tens of thousands of Somalis,…

WASHINGTON – In the past year, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution praising Sri Lanka, took no action on Iran and passed 18 resolutions…

WASHINGTON – In the past year, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution praising Sri Lanka, took no action on Iran and passed 18 resolutions…

A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that could have caused an…

A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that could have caused an…

The UN General Assembly approved on Thursday an Arab-backed resolution endorsing the Goldstone Report, paving the way for the matter to be sent to…

Four Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon are believed to have committed suicide over the past two weeks. The news comes one year after an…

Russia's long-desired and oft-delayed Moscow conference on the Middle East may be in jeopardy as a result of Friday's endorsement by the UN Human…

At Friday's special session in Geneva of the UN Human Rights Council on the Goldstone Report, there were 25 votes in favor of endorsing the report,…

Israel is bracing itself for a protracted battle in the international arena against the Goldstone Report, which is now expected to come before the UN…