CAIRO, Samer Al-Atrush- Campaigning opens Saturday in Egypt for a May election likely to be won by the ex-army chief who deposed the elected president, after deadly bombings underscored tensions...

BEIRUT- Syrian warplanes hit a popular market in a rebel-held district of Aleppo on Thursday killing at least 33 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Several people were also...

THE HAGUE- The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it had rejected a bid by the Muslim Brotherhood of deposed president Mohamed Morsi to probe the military's alleged crimes against humanity...

BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao, Ammar Karim- Iraq's premier said Thursday he had enough support to keep his post, but with election results not due for weeks and parties bitterly divided, forming a government...

BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao, Mohamad Ali Harissi- Iraqis defied a rash of attacks that killed 14 people Wednesday and voted in the first general election since US troops withdrew, with Prime Minister Nuri...

PARIS- French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Wednesday criticised Egypt for imposing death sentences on nearly 700 suspected Islamists. "These sort of slaughter sentences are absolutely...

BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao, Mohamad Ali Harissi- Iraqis head to the polls on Wednesday amid the worst bloodshed in years as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki seeks reelection in the first national vote since...

WASHINGTON- Egypt's military-installed leaders must prove they are serious about bringing democracy to the world's largest Arab nation, US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted Tuesday. He delivered...

WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle- Egypt-US relations remain difficult and "honest" talks are needed to put them back on track, Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy warned Monday, even as the White House...