Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, re-elected for a second four-year term last month, to undergo surgery on January 4.
Iran threatens to close a vital oil-trade route if the West imposes more sanctions over its controversial nuclear programme.
A prominent Lebanese television personality has accused Al Arabiya News Channel of conspiring against Syria with Israel and declared his support for the Syrian regime and his disapproval of the protests demanding the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. George Kur
It is just 34 miles (55 kilometers) wide and dotted with islands and rocky outcrops, a channel that links the Persian Gulf with the Indian Ocean. Like many marine "chokepoints," the Strait of Hormuz has long commanded the attention of empires and their na
The global Palestinian population reached 11.22 million at the end of 2011, with more than half living outside the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday. The survey by the Palestinian Central Bure
قائد البحرية الايراني يقول للتلفزيون المحلي إن اغلاق مضيق هرمز بوجه الملاحة الدولية ابسط بالنسبة لايران "من ارتشاف قدح من الماء."
Monitors from the Arab League are visiting the embattled city of Homs for a second day Wednesday to gauge whether Syria is ending a bloody crackdown on protesters and releasing detainees.
At least one rocket hit a camp in Iraq housing Iranian dissidents, officials and the group based there said Wednesday, after Baghdad and the U.N. signed a pact to resettle its residents. The strike, the second in three days, occurred at abo
Israeli security forces launched a pair of airstrikes against suspected Palestinian militants Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring eight others, Israeli military and Palestinian medical sources said.
The trial of the former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, resumes in Cairo after a delay of almost two months.
The murder trial of Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak resumed Wednesday after a three-month hiatus that saw the ousted strongman’s fate eclipsed by deadly clashes and an Islamist election victory. Mubarak risks the death sentence i
قال رئيس بعثة المراقبين العرب في سوريا الفريق أول محمد أحمد مصطفى الدابي إن الوضع في حمص مطمئن حتى الآن، لكن الأمر يحتاج مزيداً من التحريات،