A weekend cyberattack campaign has targeted Israeli government websites but failed to cause serious disruption, officials say. (more…)
A new exodus is flowing from Syria as fighting edges closer to the heart of Damascus - those who swore…
The North Korean army has warned Washington that its military has been cleared to wage an attack using "smaller, lighter…
Deputies of the Muslim Brotherhood and their allies in the Islamist-led Shura Council (the upper house of Egypt's parliament, currently…
Israeli prison guards have fired teargas on Palestinian inmates in several Israeli jails who have been protesting the death of…
Fresh battles broke out in a flashpoint district of Aleppo on Monday, while violence raged on the road linking the…
The Shura Council of Hamas has re-elected Khaled Mishaal as head of the movement's political bureau for another term, according…
Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks Sunday with the emir of Qatar during a visit to discuss opening a Taliban…
Private daily newspapers are being sold in Burma for the first time in almost 50 years, as a state monopoly…
A car bomb killed at least three people, wounded dozens and blew the windows out of buildings in northeastern Damascus…