CAIRO, Samer Al-Atrush, Tony Gamal-Gabriel- Egypt's ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was headed on Thursday for an overwhelming victory in a presidential election touted as a plebiscite on his...

DUBAI- Human Rights Watch criticised "failures" in Bahrain's justice system Thursday, saying it severely punishes pro-reform protesters while offering impunity to abusive security personnel. "A...

BRUSSELS, Claire Rosemberg, Bryan McManus- European Union leaders agreed Tuesday to take a fresh look at the bloc's policy priorities, after a stinging vote setback across Europe that saw dramatic...

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama will authorize US troops to train selected Syrian rebels, in order to counter the rising power of al-Qaeda-linked extremists, a US newspaper reported Tuesday....

SANTA BARBARA, Robyn Beck- Clusters of candles and flowers appeared overnight Saturday to Sunday on the streets of the California town where a Hollywood director's disturbed son killed six people and...

AMMAN, Ahmad Khatib- Jordan on Monday expelled Syria's ambassador over his "repeated insults" to the kingdom, drawing a swift tit-for-tat response from Damascus, which ordered Amman's top diplomat to...

CAIRO, Tony Gamal-Gabriel, Sarah Benhaida- The ex-army chief who ousted Egypt's first democratically elected leader and crushed his Islamist movement was set for a landslide presidential election win...

GENEVA, Jonathan Fowler- Lack of funds is forcing aid workers to deny Syrian war victims and other refugees with cancer the care they need, the UN refugee agency's top medical expert warned on...

CAIRO- Egyptians will vote on Monday and Tuesday for a new president after Islamist Mohamed Morsi, the country's first freely elected leader, was ousted by the army last July. Below are profiles of...