SANA - A new law granting sweeping immunity to Yemen’s president and anyone who served in his authoritarian regime over the past 33 years sparked fresh violence Monday and brought condemnation from human rights groups. The law passed late Sunday by…

ROME - Asian solar stocks on Thursday echoed a rally by their U.S. peers, with some surging as much as 20 percent on signs that prices for solar energy components are stabilizing. In Hong Kong, GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd was up 13.2 percent, Trony…

CAIRO - The head of the political arm of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday hailed U.S.-Egyptian ties during talks with the U.S. State Department’s number two, but also said they must be “balanced.” The meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of…

ROME - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday met the prime minister of crucial Gulf ally Qatar at the White House, and discussed the deepening violence in Syria, officials said. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon also joined the meeting with…

ROME - US officials have denied any role in the apparent killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist, and condemned the bomb attack which Tehran said was linked to Washington and Israel. "I want to categorically deny any United States involvement in any…