Syria: Suicide vehicle bomb hits military compound
BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide vehicle bomb tore through the parking lot of a military compound in an eastern Syrian city on Saturday, killing…
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Qatar and UAE call on citizens to leave Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — The Gulf states of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have called on their citizens not to go to Lebanon and for those…
Largest protests yet in Syria's biggest city
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising…
Yemeni troops kill 11 al-Qaida militants in south
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Government troops killed 11 al-Qaida fighters in southern Yemen on Friday, as the army battled its way into the…
Bomb blasts at bird market in Baghdad kill 5
BAGHDAD (AP) — Three bombs struck near simultaneously at a busy bird market in eastern Baghdad on Friday morning, killing five people…
Bahrain protesters decry unity plans with Saudis
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters chanting "Bahrain is not for sale" jammed a major highway Friday to denounce…
Top Israel court tightens enforcement of equal pay
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli feminists on Friday welcomed a Supreme Court ruling they say will help enforce equal pay laws for men and women.
Iranians rally to denounce Bahrain-Saudi ties
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians rallied Friday to denounce efforts by Bahrain's Sunni rulers to forge closer ties with Saudi Arabia, a…
UN observers chief calls for end to Syria violence
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The head of a U.N. observer team says that no amount of observers in Syria can achieve a permanent end to the…
Activists: Syrian forces shell rebel town
BEIRUT (AP) — Opposition groups say Syrian government forces are pounding a rebel-held town north of the central city of Homs.
