The United Nations monitoring mission in Syria will remain suspended because of the mounting conflict, the head of U.N. peacekeeping told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. Diplomats at a closed Security Council meeting quoted Herve Ladsous,
The embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad swore in a new government on Tuesday. state television showed. The president had issued a decree to form the new government on Saturday, shaking up many cabinet posts but keeping the heads of the interior, d
Plan to double sales tax approved in parliament, but enough fellow Democrats reject rise to threaten ruling-party unity.
Finance minister says Sudan is pushing ahead with austerity measures "no matter what," despite ongoing unrest.
The fifth eurozone nation to seek help says it wants to limit exposure of its financial institutions to Greece crisis.
Government wants to remove shanties, many housing earthquake refugees, to improve flood protection around the capital.
Growing gap between wealthy and poor on the minds of many voters as country prepares to elect new parliament.
أعلن حزب جبهة العمل الإسلامي رفضه لقانون الانتخاب الذي أقره البرلمان قبل أيام، وطالب ملك الأردن بعدم المصادقة عليه وتشكيل حكومة إنقاذ وطني.
The U.S. military has awarded contracts to a Dubai-based company valued at more than $8 billion to provide food for troops in Afghanistan, according to a newspaper report. Anham, a leading contracting firm based in Dubai, has won the contract from the Un
An Egyptian court suspends a government decision allowing military police to arrest civilians, judicial sources say.
Russia is expected to deliver air defense systems, reconditioned helicopters and fighter jets to Syria this year worth nearly half a billion dollars despite international pressure to halt arms sales to Damascus, a defense think-tank said on Tuesday. The
An Egyptian court overturned a government decree allowing the army to arrest civilians on Tuesday, a setback for military rulers preparing to hand power to an elected president. The decree was issued by the army-backed interim government before a ten