WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle- Amid growing anti-US protests, Egypt's new Islamist President Mohamed Morsi is walking a delicate tightrope, keen not to be seen as too pro-American by his people while keeping...

DAMASCUS, Michel Moutot- Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi heads to Syria on Thursday to meet President Bashar al-Assad, an Arab official said, after admitting he faces an "extremely difficult task"...

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson- President Barack Obama questioned Mitt Romney's tendency to "shoot first and aim later" Wednesday, using his foe's response to attacks on US diplomats to paint him as...

In Libya, he served at the embassy while Kadhafi was in power before working with rebels after the pro-democracy movement spread to the country, and finally returned as ambassador only five months...

ALEPPO, Syria, Michel Moutot- Syrian guns pounded rebel positions in Aleppo and heavy fighting rocked the Old City amid a flurry of diplomatic activity Tuesday, as world powers pressed on with the...

The Security Council "condemned in the strongest terms the wave of terrorist attacks," whose targets included the French honorary consulate premises in Nasiriyah, said a statement by the 15-nation...

ALEPPO, Syria, Michel Moutot- Syrian rebels summarily executed at least 20 soldiers in second city Aleppo, a watchdog said Monday, as UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi admitted he faced a "very difficult"...

TRIPOLI- Libya said on Monday that the trial of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam on charges of crimes against humanity is still some way off. A spokesman for the prosecutor general's...

BAGHDAD, W.G. Dunlop- A death sentence issued by an Iraqi court against fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi has raised tensions in a political crisis that has paralysed the government for...