Each Saturday morning in July and August, Susan E. Rice ,  President Obama ’s new national security adviser, gathered half a dozen aides in her corner office in the White House to plot America’s future in the Middle East. The policy review, a...

  Three people died overnight in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli in clashes between supporters and opponents of Syria's regime, bringing to nine the toll this week, an official said Saturday.   Sunni and Alawite gunmen have been fighting in the Bab al-Tebbaneh...

A 15-year-old Yemeni girl has been burned to death for allegedly meeting her fiancé before their wedding, police said on Tuesday, adding that her father was the chief suspect. Prosecutors are to press charges against the 35-year-old over the death of his daughter in the village of...

Known for her daring music videos, sell-out concerts and being at the front row of fashion shows worldwide, Lebanese pop diva Haifa Wehbe is now championing a more humanitarian cause closer to home. Wehbe was appointed on Friday as the Lebanese Communications Ambassador for Humanitarian...