TRIPOLI- Libyan militiamen besieging the foreign and justice ministries in Tripoli have now withdrawn and handed control of the compounds back to the authorities, Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani...

WASHINGTON- US Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday there was "strong evidence" the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had used chemical weapons against rebel forces. "This fight is...

WASHINGTON- The White House on Friday denied misleading the public over a deadly attack on a US mission in Libya last year, hitting out at Republican lawmakers for "politicizing" the fallout from the...

DAMASCUS- Syria threatened on Thursday an immediate response to any new Israeli strike, after two reported attacks on military targets, as its Lebanese ally Hezbollah said Damascus would arm it with...

JERUSALEM- Israel on Thursday formally apologised to Cairo after police violence against Egyptian diplomats during the Holy Fire ceremony at Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre church on Orthodox Easter. "I...

DAMASCUS- Syria's main opposition National Coalition said on Wednesday any political settlement to the country's two-year-old civil war must start with President Bashar al-Assad's ouster, implicitly...

TRIPOLI, Libya, Imed Lamloum- Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan announced on Wednesday a cabinet reshuffle "in the coming days," against the backdrop of the country's latest political crisis, sparked...

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories- Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi on Wednesday started a visit to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, crossing into the Palestinian territory at Rafah, on the...

MOSCOW, Stuart Williams and Jo Biddle- After months of sharp differences, the United States and Russia agreed Tuesday to push both sides in Syria to find an end to the bloodshed, offering to hold an...