A federal appeals court has ruled that a Syrian-born Canadian man who was wrongly identified as a terrorist whilst changing planes in New York before being sent to Syria does not have grounds to sue the U.S.

A 27-year-old man from Sudbury, near Boston, Massachusetts was today arrested and charged with conspiring to kill shoppers at a mall in the U.S., troops from the U.S. operating in Iraq, and at least one prominent U.S. government official.

Mexico City faces an alarming water crisis, and the water shortages there may very well reflect the woes of the global freshwater supply question. 40 percent of the planet does not have access to clean water or sanitation.

Social networking website Facebook has found itself at the center of a mini-controversy in the Middle East after it started to offer residents of the Golan Heights the choice of selecting either Syria or Israel as their home country.

Amnesty International has joined the chorus of condemnation against the passing of a new Islamic law in Indonesia's Aceh province that calls for adulterers to be stoned to death and homosexuality and premarital sex to be punished by lashes.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez concludes his tour of 9 countries, announcing his purchase of Russian-made rockets for defensive means against 'any threat.'

Disgracing her family by leaving an abusive husband while with child, Fellah* was meant to die. After her brother mistakenly thought she was dead, dropping her body in a field, fate would have it she would escape the Southern Syrian village alive.

In the latest attempt to kick start negotiations aimed at bringing peace to the Middle East, U.S envoy for the region George Mitchell has paid his second visit to the Syrian capital Damascus within a month.

Arab health ministers ban children and elderly from attending the annual gathering at Mecca, citing concerns over the H1N1 swine flu pandemic.

PYONGYANG, North Korea — About 100,000 demonstrators filled North Korea's Pyongyang's main square, commemorating the anniversary of the start of the 3-year Korean war in the 1950's.