SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia passed laws on Friday seen as crucial to reviving its European Union accession bid, with Serb, Croat and Muslim leaders agreeing to the first census since 1991 and to a...

Sheikh Mohammad Hussein was appointed Mufti of Jerusalem by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in 2006. (Photo: Matthew Bell) Israelis are used to hearing hateful speech from some of their...

Turkey in The Middle East, 2010." This is the second report of its kind trying to measure Turkey's popularity in the Arab world. Through face-to-face or telephone interviews with 2,267...

CAIRO -- A Cairo court has sentenced the Arab world's most famous actor, Adel Iman, to three months in jail for "defaming Islam" in several roles on stage and screen, the Egyptian...

Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased...

NEW YORK — Muslim groups and interfaith leaders are holding a rally in the wake of a report about New York Police Department intelligence. The rally is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday at...

Enlarge Image FILE - In this June 17, 2011 file photo, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly attends a news conference at police headquarters in New York. Thirty-two civil rights groups...

TEHRAN: Iran has its "own threats" to respond to any military attack or sanctions against its oil exports, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on...

ISLAMABAD: A question being frequently asked in Pakistan as to what kind of new ties Pakistan needs to develop with its strategic ally, America, especially after the Salala post attack by US jets...

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron was making a third unwanted shake up of his government Friday, after prosecutors charged Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne over an alleged attempt to pin a...

MELBOURNE: India ran out four Australian batsmen in a brilliant fielding effort before surviving a late attack of nerves to win the second Twenty20 match by eight wickets with two balls to spare on...

One of the Arab world's best known Egyptian comedians has been sentenced to three months in jail for offending Islam, a judge said Thursday, in the latest such case against a high-profile...

NEW YORK - Muslim groups and interfaith leaders are holding a rally in the wake of a report about New York Police Department intelligence. The rally is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday at...

NEW YORK- The New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for...

Elisabeth Hasselbeck , co-host of 'The View' has been one of the most famous proponents of the gluten-free diet. Tired of having to give up her favorite recipes and eat separately from her...

>Editor's note: Mohammed Ayoob is University Distinguished Professor of International Relations at Michigan State University and adjunct scholar at the Institute for Social Policy and...

TEHRAN: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the Islamic Republic would not yield to international pressure to abandon its nuclear course, threatening retaliation for...

LONDON: Banking software firm Misys and Swiss rival Temenos are in talks about an all-share merger in response to weak demand from their customers, six months after another suitor dropped a bid for...

SHAKTIKHOR MAOIST CAMP, Nepal: Nepal's former communist rebels have begun leaving the camps they've called home for five years after receiving government checks as part of a plan to...

LIBREVILLE: As snow and ice causes havoc with weekend soccer fixtures in Europe, players at top teams might be tempted to envy club mates supposedly sunning themselves at the African Nations...

DUNEDIN, New Zealand: Man-of-the-match Martin Guptill top-scored with 70 before a workmanlike performance by New Zealand's bowlers ensured a 90-run win over Zimbabwe in their one-day...

EDINBURGH, Scotland: With all the hype surrounding England's rebuilding program, Scotland's players have had plenty of notice of what's heading their way in the Six Nations on...

MANCHESTER, England: Manchester United's injury problems have improved before this weekend's Premier League trip to Chelsea with long-term midfield absentees Ashley Young and Tom Cleverley...

Officials made the call at 9:13 a.m. local time after the winds gusting upwards of 40 kilometers per hour (25 mph) became a safety issue. They said the earliest that play could resume was 1:15 p.m....

Chabal, who was left out of the 2011 World Cup, has left "by mutual agreement" after failing to reach an agreement with president Jacky Lorenzetti on a contract extension and the...

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran successfully launched a new small satellite into orbit early Friday, state media reported, the latest in the country's ambitious space program that has raised concerns because...

CAIRO: A volunteer doctor says police and protesters angry over a deadly soccer riot have clashed for the second day in the Egyptian capital, and that one man died in the latest...

BRUSSELS: NATO defense ministers are tackling the controversial issue of how to pay for Afghanistan's expanding security forces after they assume responsibility for the war in...

WELLINGTON: A New Zealand court refused an appeal by the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be freed on bail, on Friday, agreeing with prosecutors there was a risk he would attempt...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysian authorities sought Friday to quell protests over its move to approve an Australian mining company's rare earths plant by pledging to appoint an independent...

Mo Shaoping says the German Embassy invited him to a Thursday evening dinner. That was to be followed by a private meeting with Merkel to discuss China's legal environment and individual lawyers...

LONDON: Forecasts that cheap gas from the United States will one day reshape the global natural gas market are increasingly commonplace. Now the first hard evidence is beginning to...

TOKYO: Japan's Parliament has approved a 2.5 trillion yen ($32.9 billion) extra budget bill, the fourth one to fund reconstruction projects after last year's disasters and support the...

WASHINGTON: The United States has urged Myanmar to allow local and international monitors at April 1 by-elections, seen as an important step in the country's democratic...

LONDON: Chris Huhne, a leading Cabinet minister in Britain, was charged on Friday with attempting to force his ex-wife to take the rap for a speeding penalty -- a move expected to prompt another...

TIKHVIN, Russia: Clad in a bomber jacket, Vladimir Putin walks briskly into a new railway car plant, greets workers and pushes a button to launch...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: The Khmer Rouge tribunal's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the regime's chief jailer to serve out the rest of his life in prison because of his "shocking and...

Donald Trump endorses Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center, accompanied by Romney's wife Ann. (AP Photo/Gerald...

LONDON: Pay in the banking industry has been high for too long and needs to be "corrected," the chairman of Britain's state-backed Royal Bank of Scotland told BBC Radio on...

TOKYO: Japanese electronics maker Panasonic forecast Friday it would log a record net loss of 780 billion yen ($10.2 billion) for the year through March, nearly twice its previous estimate, amid weak...

LONDON: John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy, the English FA said on Friday. The 31-year-old Chelsea center back is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty on Wednesday to a charge...

MARANELLO, Italy: Ferrari has unveiled its completely overhauled Formula One car in a low-key Internet presentation after the full launch was canceled due to a...

Arab News Editor in Chief Abdulwahab Al-Faiz, right, confers with Philippine Ambassador Ezzedin Tago at his office in Riyadh on Wednesday. (AN...