Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur (R), Jordan's Queen Rania (C) and her son Prince Hussein (L) attend the opening of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa on Saturday on the shores of the Dead Sea, southeast of Amman. (AFP)
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan: Jordan’s King Abdallah said yesterday extremism has “grown fat” off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
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BEIRUT: Activists say thousands of Syrians are protesting and security forces are carrying out arrests in cities that have seen the most serious government crack
BASRA, Iraq: Three rockets fired in Iraq’s southern oil port city of Basra landed inside Iraq and were not aimed at Kuwait or the disputed Mubarak port, an Ira
ISTANBUL: The head of the Libyan rebel government called on the African Union on Friday to recognize them as the legitimate representatives of the Libyan people
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is debating how aggressively to pursue Libya’s vast weapons stores, including thousands of anti-aircraft rockets that expe
TRIPOLI, Libya: Beneath the grassy courtyard of Muammar Qaddafi’s private compound, long tunnels connect bunkers, command centers and spiral staircases that le
TRIPOLI, Libya: The Libyan rebels’ interim government announced it is moving from the country’s second city of Benghazi to the capital Tripoli, another step
TRIPOLI: One thousand rebels bombarded buildings filled with regime fighters hiding amid civilians in a ferocious battle Thursday for Muammar Qaddafi's last
DAMASCUS: Eight Syrian soldiers, including an army officer, have been killed in separate attacks in the country's central province of Homs, the official SAN
RAMALLAH: A Palestinian human rights organization on Thursday said Israel has begun using new methods of physical and psychological torture against Palestinian a