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DUBAI — Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of an American man in Pakistan and demanded the release of…

The Arab League, which voted to impose sanctions on Syria for failing to end a crackdown on protesters, has listed…

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian prisoners released in a swap for an Israeli soldier last month are racing to make…

Britain was evacuating all its diplomatic staff from Iran on Wednesday, a day after protesters stormed its embassy in Tehran…

JERUSALEM — Israel says it is releasing tens of millions of dollars owed to the Palestinians. Israel froze the transfer…

Turkey has decided to impose economic and financial sanctions on the Syrian regime over its bloody crackdown on the opposition,…

BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his trip to Baghdad ahead of the US military pullout marks…

ISLAMABAD — A senior Pakistani army official has said a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 soldiers was a…

  KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Deadly violence, arson and widespread voter confusion marred Democratic Republic of Congo's second…

JERUSALEM — Rockets fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel early Tuesday for the first time in more than two years,…