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The Syrian National Council opposition group re-elected liberal politician Burhan Ghalioun as president at a meeting in Rome on Tuesday,…

Socialist Francois Hollande was to be sworn in as France's president Tuesday before naming a prime minister and dashing to…

Iran on Tuesday hanged a man convicted of playing a key role in the 2010 murder of a top nuclear…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Gulf Arab states said Monday they would delay any decisions on proposals for closer political and…

TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Firing assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, Lebanese gunmen clashed in street battles Monday as sectarian tensions linked…

The Syrian conflict has bred the emergence of obscure jihadists carrying out bloody attacks, either acting independently or manipulated by…

The Saudi Labor Ministry has begun taking steps toward canceling the highly controversial individual kafala, or sponsorship, system, the Saudi…

TRIPOLI, Libya — Mohamed al-Gherari lost five family members, including a young niece and nephew, when NATO accidentally struck their…

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants blew up a gas pipeline supplying Yemen's Balhaf export terminal in the Gulf of Aden, the second…

Oil fell in Asian trade Monday amid mounting worries over Europe's debt crisis and calls by major crude producer Saudi…