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North Korea said on Tuesday its strategic rocket and long-range artillery units have been ordered to be combat ready, targeting…

Kidnappers released a Norwegian woman and an Israeli man held in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula following negotiations mediated by Bedouin leaders…

Jordan closed its main border crossing with Syria on Monday after two days of fighting there between Syrian troops and…

Russian prosecutors searched Amnesty International's Moscow offices on Monday, the latest in a series of raids on advocacy groups that…

A rebel leader in Central African Republic pledged to name a power-sharing government after seizing the capital Bangui on Sunday…

Heavyweight Orascom Construction Industries gained 2.6 percent after a choppy session on unconfirmed news reports it would soon resolve a…

DUBAI — Standard Chartered would consider acquiring a bank in Egypt to ride an expected boom in one of the…

Syria's opposition chief Moaz al-Khatib has resigned from the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, a dissident group…

Rebels in Central African Republic seized control of the country's riverside capital Bangui on Sunday, forcing embattled President Francois Bozize…