Israel closes Gaza commercial crossing, leaving just one

After agreeing last year to relax its blockade around the Gaza Strip, Israel moved Wednesday to tighten the security cordon by permanently...

Yemen leader reportedly reaches tentative pact with opposition

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has tentatively agreed to a five-point plan from opposition leaders that includes the demand that the...

Kadafi said to be hurting from loss of oil revenue

A battle in which Libyan rebels repelled government-backed militias from the strategic Mediterranean city of Port Brega marked the first...

U.S. wants to know who's in charge of Libyan revolution

Efforts to identify the uprising's leaders and their long-term goals provide no clear answers. But at a time when international support is...

Kadafi marshals show of strength in Libyan capital

Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi marshaled cheering supporters and convoys of trucks said to be headed for rebel territory. His foes...

Yemen's embattled president lashes out at U.S., Israel

Turning on a longtime ally, embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh delivered a fiery speech blaming the United States for...

Kadafi's son loses long-held reformist mantle

He was for years Libya's greatest hope for a peaceful, orderly transition away from his erratic father's autocratic rule. As such, the...

Sanctions on Libya send strong message, officials say

International sanctions imposed on Moammar Kadafi and his regime will have little direct effect on his ability to raise money or rally...

Beleaguered Yemeni leader has shown staying power

Having endured wars, rebellions and an ongoing battle with Al Qaeda, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh may not be easily toppled from...

A damper on Israeli school's Oscar celebration

Students and teachers at an innovative Tel Aviv school profiled in this year's Oscar-winning short documentary, "Strangers No More,"...

A no-fly zone over Libya would be a complex operation

Although White House and European leaders have repeatedly threatened to establish a no-fly zone over Libya, such a complex operation could...

In eastern oil city, Libyan rebels brace for attack

At the westernmost checkpoint in liberated eastern Libya, a white car pulled up quickly and a man in a bulky black jacket jumped out.

Refugees flee Libya amid bloodshed

Moammar Kadafi's loyalists appeared to have strengthened their grip on the Libyan capital, while chaos roiled much of the country and...

Libyan city grapples with self-rule

In Benghazi, the center of the eastern rebellion that broke free from 41 years of despotic rule a week ago, everyone is in charge —...

Kadafi loses another city to Libyan opposition

Moammar Kadafi's tenuous grip on Libya was further loosened when the city closest to the capital fell under the control of rebel forces,...

An old Jerusalem road gets a high-tech makeover

Jaffa Road has witnessed empires come and go, watched camel caravans give way to stagecoaches and automobiles, seen pilgrims and pioneers,...

After revolution, Arabs regain dignity and hope

His hands thick, the color of pewter, he bends steel rods in the city dust.

In Libya, Kadafi tightens hold on Tripoli

Moammar Kadafi retained his grip on the Libyan capital Saturday, blocking entry to Tripoli with tanks and clearing the streets of...

Telling Libya's story over the Internet

Suleiman Zjailil is a modern-day town crier. He spends his days driving his battered car back and forth across the border with Egypt,...

Foreigners in Libya report being beaten, robbed

Paying $200 for a government-sponsored taxi ride to the Tunisian border sounded like a bad deal. But Tunisian laborer Amr Soltan had no idea...

Libyans remain fearful of Kadafi's wrath

For all the rowdy anti-government protests and people saying they're ready for martyrdom, the fear that Moammar Kadafi has sown for 41 years...

British military secretly flies into Libya to evacuate foreign nationals

In a dramatic rescue, a pair of British military planes plucked about 150 oil workers and others from the desert in eastern Libya and flew...

Iran reports safety concerns at nuclear plant

Fuel that would power Iran's first nuclear energy facility is being removed from the reactor this weekend because of unspecified safety...

Rights groups say Egyptian prison guards are gunning down inmates

Prison guards indiscriminately fired on inmates during the recent unrest in Egypt, sometimes gunning down men who were carrying the dead...

Defiant Libyans flood streets of Tripoli to protest against Moammar Kadafi

Chaos gripped the Libyan capital and its environs Friday as the central government's authority continued to crumble in the western half of a...