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Libya's new nationalist-dominated parliament was holding its first meeting Saturday in the eastern city of Tobruk, boycotted by Islamists, in…

Heavy shelling resumed on Thursday in southern Tripoli where rival militia brigades were battling for control of the capital's main…

A fierce battle between Syrian Kurds and Islamic State jihadists has killed nearly 50 fighters from both sides as the…

Israel mobilized 16,000 additional reservists Thursday to bolster forces fighting in Gaza as Washington gave its ally the go-ahead to…

A defiant Russia dismissed Wednesday unprecedented Western sanctions over Ukraine after Brussels and Washington unveiled the toughest punitive measures against…

A Turkish court ordered that eight police officers be kept in custody on Friday pending a possible trial over accusations…

Ukraine's parliament said on Friday it had yet to receive a resignation letter from Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk so could…

Poor weather was the most likely cause of the crash of an Air Algerie flight in the West African state…

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urged  in a statement on Friday released by his office to begin an immediate truce…

Authorities have lost contact with an Air Algerie flight en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers with 110…