Libyan security forces killed at least 24 people in a violent crackdown on anti-regime demonstrations during a "Day of Anger" against strongman Moamer Kadhafi, Human Rights Watch said Friday. The New York-based rights group, citin
Military locks down capital Manama a day after deadly police assault on anti-government demonstrators.
At least nine killed and more than 30 wounded in blast at police checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan, according to police.
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a freelance journalist outside his home in Mosul on Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
Protesters began to gather in several areas of Bahrain Friday morning, a day after a violent police and military crackdown
An informed Saudi source denied media reports suggesting that ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali suffered a stroke and was "in a coma" in a Saudi hospital, as more details of corruption under his rule came to light. A family frie
President Barack Obama opposes the idea, but the Palestinians are still calling for a Security Council vote Friday on a U.N. resolution that would condemn Israel's "illegal" settlements. The United States opposes new settleme