(The Daily Star)- Egyptian security officials say militants have attacked the same army checkpoint in Sinai where 12 soldiers were killed earlier this month, this time leaving one soldier dead. They say the attack on Bir el-Abd took place Monday. It's about 80 kilometers, or 50 miles, east...

(The Guardian)- Britain is hosting crisis talks with Libya’s leaders in London on Monday in an attempt to ward off the collapse of the country’s war-torn economy. Leaders of the embattled UN-backed government are meeting in a US-led initiative, hosted by the UK Foreign Office, as...

Oil prices extended declines on Monday after non-OPEC producers made no specific commitment to join the OPEC in limiting oil output levels to prop up prices, suggesting they wanted the oil producing group to solve its differences first. Officials and experts from OPEC countries and non-OPEC...

Some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it can cause serious physical damage, including harming their developing brains, the United Nations said in a study released on Monday. Nearly one child in seven around the globe breathes outdoor air that is at least six times...