(Reuters) - An American volunteer cardiologist was shot dead in Pakistan on Monday, a member of his minority Ahmadi community said, in the latest attack on a group that says it is Muslim but whose religion is rejected by the state. Mehdi Ali Qamar had taken his wife, young...

(Reuters) - The leader of the protesters occupying Libyan oil ports said on Monday he did not recognize Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq's new government and suggested a previously agreed deal to end his blockade could be in jeopardy. Ibrahim Jathran, who wants more autonomy from...

  (Zaman Alwasl)- Syria's opposition National Coalition has appointed Mrs. Hanan al-Balkhi as its envoy to Norway, well-informed source told Zaman Alwasl.   Al-Balkhi is a prominent female activist and an active...

  (Reporting by Aabed Melhel; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) ALEPPO (Zaman Alwasl)- 25 people were killed when a barrel bomb hit Bostan al-Qasr neighborhood in Aleppo on Monday, destroying 2 buildings. Activists said that that lack of...