KUALA LUMPUR, M. Jegathesan- Malaysia said Monday its missing airliner had crashed in the Indian Ocean, extinguishing the hopes of relatives of those on board but shedding no light on why it veered...

CAIRO, Sarah Benhaida- A court sentenced 529 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death on Monday after just two hearings, in the largest mass death sentencing in Egypt's modern...

THE HAGUE, Charles Onians- World leaders gather in The Hague on Monday for talks set to be dominated by the crisis in Ukraine, with Russia facing possible exclusion from the G8 club of rich nations...

BEIRUT- Syrian rebels seized a strategic hill west of Aleppo after a fierce battle with government troops on Saturday as fighting elsewhere in the north spread across Latakia province, an NGO said....

KUWAIT CITY, Omar Hassan Abdulla- An Arab League summit opens in Kuwait on Tuesday at a time of deepening rifts between its member states and without any end in sight to the Syrian conflict. With...

BEIRUT- At least seven Syrian soldiers and 17 rebels were killed Friday as three Islamist groups battled to take a border crossing into Turkey. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the...

DAMASCUS- Syrian troops recaptured a famed Crusader castle from rebels Thursday, marking a significant advance in their drive to seal off the Lebanese border and sever enemy supply lines. The army...

CAIRO- A satirist renowned for attacking what he calls unprofessionalism in Egypt's media has been pilloried on Twitter for plagiarism after he admitted not crediting analysis in his weekly column....

DAMASCUS- Syria denounced as illegal Wednesday Washington's decision to close its embassy, while Russia said the move meant the United States had renounced its role as a peace sponsor. But a Russian-...