BAALBEK, LEBANON- A Kuwaiti man kidnapped in August in the eastern Lebanese Bekaa valley on Tuesday was released and handed over to the authorities, a security source said. There were no signs the...
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA- Iraqi President Fuad Masum arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night for talks with his "brother" King Abdullah, confirming a thaw in relations after years of strain. The meeting...
PARIS, FRANCE, Franck Iovene- With the Internet taking over modern reading habits, do you still have to have read Proust, Balzac... or Modiano to be considered cultivated in France? The answer,...
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Ammar Karim and W.G. Dunlop- US President Barack Obama said Sunday sending more troops to Iraq signals a "new phase" in the fight against the Islamic State group, amid unconfirmed...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Syrian rebels and Al-Qaeda seized the southern town of Nawa Sunday from troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad after months of intense fighting, the Syrian Observatory for Human...
DUBAI, UAE- Bahraini authorities ordered Saturday an investigation into the "beating and death" of an inmate in custody, the interior ministry said. The ministry did not reveal the name of the...
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, W.G. Dunlop- The US-led coalition unleashed airstrikes near the Iraqi city of Mosul targeting top jihadist militants, officials said Saturday, but the fate of the Islamic State group's...
EDINBURGH- Stereotypes about Scotland are legion, although few refer to the great artists, philosophers and scientists the nation has produced over the centuries of its proud history. Cliches about...
WASHINGTON, US- Stargazers in the Americas and Asia will be treated to a lunar eclipse Wednesday, a celestial show that will bathe the moon in red to create a "blood moon." During the total lunar...
DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syrian troops backed by pro-regime militiamen recaptured the Shaer gas field in central Homs Thursday, state television reported, a week after Islamic State group jihadists overran...