
Syrian opposition head visits rebel areas in north
Following rebel gains, the leader of the Syrian opposition made his first visit Sunday to areas near the embattled northern city of Aleppo as fighters ...

World powers coax Iran into saving nuclear talks
World powers offered broader concessions than ever to Iran in attempts Wednesday to keep alive diplomatic channels that seek to rein in the Islamic ...

AP sources: US weighs direct aid to Syrian rebels
The Obama administration, in coordination with some European allies, is for the first time considering supplying direct assistance to elements of the ...

Syria says it's prepared to talk with armed rebels
Syria said Monday it is prepared to hold talks with armed rebels bent on overthrowing President Bashar Assad, the clearest signal yet that the regime ...

Skeptical Syrian opposition to attend Rome talks
Skeptical Syrian opposition leaders agreed Monday to attend an international conference in Rome after first threatening to boycott the session that ...

Car bomb kills at least 53 in Syrian capital
A car bomb exploded Thursday near Syria's ruling party headquarters in Damascus, killing at least 53 people and scattering mangled bodies among the ...

EU ministers reject arming Syrian rebels
European Union foreign ministers announced Monday that they were keeping current sanctions against Syria in place for three months, rejecting attempts ...

Syria rebels seize oil field, town
Syrian rebels captured most of an eastern oil field and stormed a military base in the south, anti-regime activists said Thursday, further chipping ...

Libya focuses on border, integrating ex-fighters
Libya's government is struggling to control its borders and retrieve the arms and explosives that were looted after longtime dictator Moammar ...
Iran says nuclear talks with West on for Feb. 26
Iran has agreed to hold talks with six world powers in Kazakhstan on Feb. 26 over its nuclear program, Iranian state TV said Tuesday. The TV says the ...

Suicide bomber kills guard at US Embassy in Turkey
In the second deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in five months, a suicide bomber struck the American Embassy in Ankara on Friday, killing a ...

Netanyahu narrowly wins Israeli election
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hard-line allies fared far worse than expected in a parliamentary election Tuesday, likely forcing him to ...

Indonesia sentences UK woman to death over drugs
An Indonesian court sentenced a British grandmother to death on Tuesday for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5 million in her suitcase onto the resort ...

UK PM Cameron to give key speech on Europe ties
British Prime Minister David Cameron will deliver a long-awaited speech about his country's future in the 27-nation European Union this week.

Defiant Assad pledges to continue fighting
A defiant Syrian President Bashar Assad rallied a chanting and cheering crowd Sunday to fight the uprising against his authoritarian rule, dismissing ...

Israel to face new condemnation for settlements
The Palestinians said Tuesday that all of the U.N. Security Council members except the United States will condemn Israel's recent announcements of new ...

Queen Elizabeth II attends UK Cabinet meeting
Queen Elizabeth II sat in on a Cabinet meeting Tuesday for the first time, taking a seat between British Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign ...

US, Syria opposition disagree over terrorist label
The U.S. and the head of the new Syrian opposition coalition being feted at a conference in Morocco Wednesday publicly disagreed over designating a ...

As Netanyahu visits Europe, relations frayed
It was supposed to be an amicable meeting between close friends. Instead, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Germany has been soured ...

Palestinians: settlement expansion means 1 state
The Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to call for an Israeli settlement freeze, President Mahmoud Abbas and his advisers decided ...

UK downplays economic sanctions against Israel
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has downplayed the possibility of European economic sanctions against Israel for its latest ...

North Korea gears up to launch long-range rocket
North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile ...

Key players, positions on Palestinian statehood
The vote is largely symbolic, the outcome nearly assured: The Palestinians and Israelis are closely watching the evolving positions of a few key ...