Gunmen opened fire on protesters in the southern Yemen city of Taiz on Saturday

Gunmen opened fire on protesters in the southern Yemen city of Taiz on Saturday, injuring at least seven people, witnesses said.The non-uniformed men fired from rooftops, the witnesses said, on protesters demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh end his 33-year rule in the Arab world's poorest count...

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has likely been wounded in western airstrikes

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has likely been wounded in western airstrikes and has probably left Tripoli, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Friday.A Libyan government spokesman immediately denied that Gaddafi had been harmed.Frattini told reporters that he believed what he had been told by Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, the Catholic bishop in Tripoli, that Gaddafi had probably left Tripoli and had probably even been wounded by NATO airstrikes."I...

Palestinian teenager who was shot Friday during street clashes in East Jerusalem died of his wounds early Saturday

A Palestinian teenager who was shot Friday during street clashes in East Jerusalem died of his wounds early Saturday, raising tensions ahead of planned Palestinian protests marking the anniversary of the founding of Israel.Milad Ayyash, 17, was shot in the stomach during stone-throwing confrontations in the neighborhood of Silwan between local youths and Israeli police and security guards posted at buildings housing Jewish settlers, according to...

Libya's embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi has made a radio address to the nation saying he is in no worry about his life

Libya's embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi has made a radio address to the nation saying he is in no worry about his life, a day after it was reported he is wounded and fled Tripoli.Friday Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Franco Frattini alleged Gaddafi was wounded by a NATO strike and has left his compound in Tripoli."I live in a place where there is completely impossible that I am eliminated," said the Libyan leader Saturday.Gaddafi's message was...

Opposition politicians Norbert Mao and Muhammed Kibirige were by press time still under police detention after they were arrested as they tried to access the Constitution Square in Kampala to conduct a rally.

Opposition politicians Norbert Mao and Muhammed Kibirige were by press time still under police detention after they were arrested as they tried to access the Constitution Square in Kampala to conduct a rally.The politicians were part of a larger group that attempted to access the square in the heart of the city for a rally even after the police had insisted the area was out of bounds.Also arrested with the politicians, who were protesting the rise...