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BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree forming a new government Saturday, but it will be headed by…

Jerusalem — An Israeli airstrike killed a Gaza militant Friday as he was preparing to launch rockets, Israel's military said,…

The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for president has urged Egyptian authorities to release the results of the weekend's election as soon…

Riot police fired tear gas and civilians armed with machetes and swords attacked protesters during five days of demonstrations sweeping…

Human Rights Watch says recent moves by Egypt's ruling generals suggest that there will not be a "meaningful" handover of…

ATHENS, Greece — Fears of an imminent Greek exit from Europe's joint currency receded after the conservative New Democracy party…

BEIRUT — Syrian troops intensified shelling of rebel-held neighborhoods in central Homs Sunday, according to activists who say humanitarian conditions are…

UN observers in Syria suspended their activities and patrols Saturday because of escalating violence in the country, the head of…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Crown Prince Nayef, the hard-line interior minister who spearheaded Saudi Arabia's fierce crackdown crushing Al-Qaeda's branch…

RAMALLAH, West Bank — In an odd twist to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian saga, a former Israeli soldier has embarked on…