MARSEILLE- A French court Tuesday sentenced a Lebanese businessman in absentia to eight years in prison over a high-end prostitution ring operating at the Cannes Film Festival that had ties to a...

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories, Adel Zaanoun- Poems were recited and red carpets unfurled Tuesday as part of lavish ceremonies by the Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip for their high-profile guest,...

PARIS- Three French magazines were fined on Tuesday for publishing photographs of President Francois Hollande's companion Valerie Trierweiler in a bikini which were taken when they were on a summer...

KUWAIT CITY- The Kuwaiti opposition said Monday it will push ahead with protests until the government meets its demands for reform, a day after 100 demonstrators were hurt in confrontations with...

BEIRUT, Sammy Ketz- Amid calls for the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati after the murder of a top security official blamed on Syria, Damascus ally Hezbollah is keeping its head...

LONDON, Danny Kemp- British Prime Minister David Cameron accused the BBC Monday of changing its story about Jimmy Savile as an editor who dropped an investigation into sex abuse claims against the...

DAMASCUS- Syria has banned Turkish passenger flights from Syrian airspace from midnight (2100 GMT) Saturday, state news agency SANA said, citing the foreign ministry. The decision, "in accordance...

DAMASCUS- The war of words between Syria and Turkey escalated on Thursday when Ankara said it had found military supplies on a passenger plane it intercepted en route between Moscow and Damascus. The...

FRANKFURT, Kate Millar- Electronic books, which have sparked excited chatter for several years in the publishing world, are now gaining momentum among European readers, despite a late start compared...