CAIRO, Samer Al-Atrush- Egyptian voters have approved a new constitution by 98.1 percent, the elections chief said Saturday, in what the government declared a popular endorsement of the army's...

ISTANBUL- Syria's fractured opposition pushed back the opening of talks in Istanbul to Saturday amid continuing differences over whether to attend peace talks with the government next week, sources...

LEIDSCHENDAM, Jan Hennop- Four Hezbollah members went on trial in absentia at a special UN tribunal on Thursday, accused of murdering Lebanon's former premier Rafiq Hariri in a 2005 car bombing that...

WASHINGTON- The US administration is closely watching the results of Egypt's referendum, but has not yet decided whether to unfreeze some $1.5 billion in aid to its military-installed leaders, a US...

PARIS- If Europe's comet-chasing quest goes well, Rosetta, Philae and even the tongue-twisting Churyumov-Gerasimenko may become household names by the end of the year. Here's an explanation for the...

KUWAIT CITY, Omar Hasan- Donor governments pledged Wednesday less than half the money the United Nations had been seeking to alleviate a worsening crisis in Syria, where it says nearly half the...

LONDON- Western intelligence officials visited Syria to discuss security cooperation with the regime against Islamist extremists among the Syrian opposition, a senior Damascus official claimed to the...

WARSAW- Volunteers in Poland have collected 26 tonnes of aid including food and clothing for Syrian refugees in Bulgaria after the UN raised alarm over a "human emergency" on the EU's southern...

BEIRUT- Human Rights Watch called on international donors gathering for a Syria aid conference in Kuwait Wednesday to demand access for relief deliveries to civilians trapped by the fighting. "Syrian...