MOSCOW- The head of Russia's national security council on Thursday cast doubt on the scheduled date for the start of Syria peace talks next month because of slow progress in the run-up to the parley....

LONDON- A British doctor who died while being held in custody in Syria was buried on Thursday, with his brother describing him as "our star". Abbas Khan's family believe he was murdered, but the...

DAMASCUS- The death toll from a 10-day Syrian regime air offensive on Aleppo rebels passed 400 Wednesday, as Pope Francis called on Christmas Day for aid access to the war-torn country. But even as...

BENGHAZI- A Libyan police officer was killed and another wounded in fresh attacks late Wednesday in Benghazi, another sign of the mounting violence in this eastern city, a security official told AFP....

MANSOURA, Haitham El-Tabei- Angry Egyptians standing on piles of debris and shattered glass pointed the finger of blame at the Muslim Brotherhood after a car bomb ripped through Mansoura's police...

VATICAN CITY, Dario Thuburn- Pope Francis held his first Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican on Tuesday by highlighting the role played by humble shepherds in the Nativity, as thousands flocked to the...

WASHINGTON- The United States on Monday condemned Syria's ruling regime over the bloody aerial assault on the city of Aleppo, which has left several hundred people dead including dozens of children....

WASHINGTON- Women who eat peanuts while pregnant are less likely to have children with peanut allergies than women who avoid them, said a US study out Monday. The findings in the Journal of the...

BENGHAZI- A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security checkpoint outside eastern Libya's restive city of Benghazi overnight, killing at least 13 people, the government said...