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DOHA — Rival Palestinian factions have agreed to name president Mahmoud Abbas as head of an interim government to oversee…

A bitter family feud between Hong Kongers and their northern neighbors sparked by mainland China's increasing financial and political clout…

The election victory by the Islamist-led opposition in Kuwait reflects public frustration with corruption, coupled with the rise of tribal…

Russia said Saturday that the Western-backed text of a UN Security Council resolution on the violence in Syria did not…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to sail to victory in his Likud party's primary vote Tuesday, easily besting…

Two Libyans are to sue the former counter-terrorism director of British spy agency MI6, claiming he played a key role…

Syria's opposition called for a "day of mourning and anger" on Tuesday after almost 100 people, most of them civilians,…

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta urged Egypt's military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi to lift a travel ban on Americans…

Egypt's ruling military council on Monday laid out the rules governing the country's first presidential elections since a popular uprising…

South Sudan on Monday accused its former foes in the Khartoum government of arming gunmen who killed over 40 people…