The White House said Friday it was "very concerned" with the initial findings of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons about the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. "We are continuing to investigate these allegations very closely and to be proactive about the threat...
Unknown assailants shot and wounded two Israelis at a flash-point holy site in the West Bank city of Hebron Friday, the army said, as sporadic violence again erupted in the Palestinian territories. "Two Israelis were shot at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron," a statement said, with...
In a refugee camp outside Myanmar's provincial capital Sittwe, Soe Hlaing was holding a pink card, the most coveted of the rainbow of documents indicating citizenship status, which gives him a vote in Sunday's historic election. But the 44-year-old Muslim said he will not be exercising...
One month has passed since the beginning of what some are calling a new Palestinian “Intifada” (uprising) in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, which has left scores of Palestinians dead and hundreds injured. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the...
