 U.S. working 'at every level' to resolve NGO dispute with Egypt U.S. aid to Egypt could suffer if Egypt persists in prosecuting 43 people, including 19 Americans, in a crackdown on nongovernmental organizations, White House and State Department officials said Monday. Saudi woman files suit over right to drive A leader of a high-profile campaign pushing for women to drive in Saudi Arabia says she's suing traffic police in order to get a driver's license. Rockets, mortars rain down on Syrian city, opposition says As international leaders wrestled over the weekend how to deal with the crisis in Syria, much of the nation remained engulfed in violence -- including attacks by government forces on one embattled city that the opposition Syrian National Council described as a "massacre." United States orders new Iran sanctions The United States has moved to freeze assets of Iran's government and financial institutions, saying they had engaged in "deceptive practices," President Barack Obama's administration announced Monday. Officials: Netanyahu to head to United States next month Israel's prime minister will visit the United States in March, officials said Sunday. Syrian rebel leadership is split Rival dissident army officers are claiming to lead the increasingly armed rebellion within Syria, exposing rifts within the opposition. Film director shares sights and sounds of Beirut's 'Little Armenia' Film director Nigol Bezjian was born in Syria, raised in Lebanon and studied in the United States, but nowhere does he feel more at home than in Little Armenia. World seeks next step on Syria as deaths mount Syrian artillery fire echoed throughout the embattled city of Homs on Monday, with a human rights group reporting nearly 100 more civilians killed around the country. Palestinian factions Hamas, Fatah reach unity deal Rival Palestinian political factions Fatah and Hamas named President Mahmoud Abbas the head of an interim unity government during a televised signing ceremony Monday. Bold, exhilarating stands for freedom inside Syria Abu Marwan jumps into the back of the small white van. He and his friend, Abu Omar, are heading to a grass-roots demonstration in the Syrian capital to protest the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Increase Website Traffic |