CAIRO- Militants killed an Egyptian soldier in a gunfight in the Sinai peninsula Friday, as police in Cairo clashed with protesters demanding the reinstatement of deposed Islamist president Mohamed...

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson- A weary Barack Obama, eyelids heavy, predicted Friday that the restorative power of sleep and the sunshine of his native Hawaii would restore his wilting fortunes after...

BENGHAZI- A bomb killed an electrical power plant manager Thursday in eastern Libya, while authorities also found the head of a man who had been kidnapped for ransom. Adam al-Mansouri was killed when...

UNITED NATIONS- Russia on Friday blocked a US-drafted UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government's increasing military offensive on Aleppo, diplomats said. The move heightened...

CAIRO, Jay Deshmukh- Egyptian police arrested a leading secular activist on wanted for trial during a raid on the office of a rights group in Cairo, the NGO said Thursday. Police detained six people...

GAZA CITY- Iyad Sarraj, an award-winning Palestinian psychiatrist and human rights campaigner who championed peace with Israel, has died of cancer aged 70, colleagues and relatives said Wednesday....

London — Saudi Arabia has been friends with our Western partners for decades; for some, like the United Kingdom where I serve as ambassador, for almost a century. These are strategic alliances that...

DAMASCUS- Syrian aircraft pounded rebel-held areas of Aleppo for a third day Tuesday, with hospitals reportedly overwhelmed as more than 100 people have been killed in the bombing. As the violence...

NICOSIA- Hopes that the Middle East and North Africa would be transformed by a democratic tide over the past three years have been dashed in most countries. Here is a brief rundown: BAHRAIN A protest...