BAQUBA, Iraq — Two near-simultaneous car bombs and a suicide attack killed 12 people in a wholesale market north of Baghdad Monday, the latest in a surge in violence authorities have struggled to control. The blasts, which left another 48 people wounded, struck a predominantly Shiite town...

The Egyptian authorities at Cairo International Airport banned the Syrian director Nidal Hassan from entering the country, based on a petition filed by the Assad Embassy in Cairo for security reasons, accusing Hassan of belonging to the Free Syrian Army.   Hassan was...

A senior member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the Israeli government will not accept a Palestinian state with the borders favored by the Palestinians and the international community, a new hurdle to U.S. Secretary of State John...

BENGHAZI, Libya — At least seven people died and 30 were wounded on Saturday when demonstrators attacked the headquarters in Benghazi of former rebels who had fought to oust Libyan dictator Moamer Kahdafi, a hospital official said. "At least seven people are dead," said a doctor at Al-Jala...