UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council sent a strong and united message to the Syrian government and opposition on Wednesday to immediately implement proposals by international envoy Kofi Annan to end the yearlong bloodshed.
A nonbinding (...)
NEW YORK: The Arab Spring protests that shocked entrenched regimes in the Middle East and North Africa last year were the biggest challenge to authoritarian governments since the downfall of Soviet Communism, the pro-democracy watchdog group Freedom (...)
NEW YORK: Former President Jimmy Carter says that Israel will face a catastrophe unless it revives the Mideast peace process and allows the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
Carter pointed out in an interview with The Associated (...)