CAIRO, EGYPT- Egypt said Saturday it aims to end differences with Qatar as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who ousted his Doha-backed Islamist predecessor met with an envoy from the Gulf emirate. Ties...

LOS ANGELES, US, Veronique Dupont- Writer-director Damien Chazelle is only 29, but he is already living his dream of the Hollywood big-time. His second feature "Whiplash" -- about the stormy...

BERLIN, GERMANY- The UN appealed Thursday for $8.4 billion to provide emergency aid and longer-term help to nearly 18 million people in Syria and across the region hit by the drawn-out conflict. For...

TUNIS, TUNISIA- Jihadists who have joined the Islamic State group claimed Thursday the 2013 murder of two secular politicians that plunged Tunisia into crisis, warning of more killings just days...

NAHYAT AL-AYADHIYA, IRAQ, Abdelhamid Zebari- Iraqi Kurds claimed Thursday to have broken a siege on a mountain where Yazidi civilians and fighters have long been trapped as the US said air strikes...

ARBIL, IRAQ, Abdelhamid Zebari- Iraqi Kurdish forces on Wednesday launched a broad offensive backed by mass bombing from US-led coalition warplanes to retake the northeastern Sinjar area from the...

UNITED NATIONS, US, Carole Landry- The Palestinians on Wednesday sought Arab backing for a draft UN resolution that would set a two-year deadline for reaching a final settlement with Israel and pave...

UNITED NATIONS, US- The UN Security Council was set to adopt a resolution Wednesday to keep in place permission for UN convoys to cross Syrian borders to deliver desperately-needed aid, diplomats...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Martin Parry- Two hostages and an extremist Iranian-born gunman were killed in a siege that ended when armed police stormed a central Sydney cafe Tuesday, as a shocked Australia...