The rescued migrants said their boat had set out from Antalya, Turkey, heading towards Italy with 60 to 80 people aboard

Some Arabs mourned him as a holy warrior and martyr, while others saw him as a "pillar of evil".

President Bashar al-Assad has ignored popular demands to curb the security apparatus and dismantle its authoritarian system.

Emergency law in Syria would be lifted by next week, says president Assad.

Gulf Arab foreign ministers meet in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to see whether an offer to mediate in Yemen's political crisis can succeed after a war of words between President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Qata ...

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, breaking a two-month silence, said on Sunday that accusations of corruption against his family were lies and he had the right to defend his reputation.

More than 1,000 protestors ignored an army order to leave Cairo's main square on Sunday, taking their calls for a quick move to civilian rule and a deeper purge of corrupt officials into a third day.

Libyan rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi battled for control of the strategic eastern town of Ajdabiyah on Sunday after government troops fought their way inside.