Syria's political opposition hopes Hillary Clinton wins the U.S. presidential election next week because she has a better understanding of the conflict than Donald Trump, according to members of a delegation holding talks at the United Nations. Khaled Khoja and Hind Kabawat, in Geneva Monday...

 Egypt's Health Ministry says recent floods have killed 26 people and injured 72 others across the country. Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed says Monday that the flooding hit four provinces – Southern Sinai and the Red Sea, as well as Sohag and Bani Suef in Upper Egypt. He says...

 A police operation is underway in a Paris migrant camp that has resurged in recent weeks in a new challenge to French government efforts to tackle the migrant crisis. Paris police and regional officials say the operation Monday is not an evacuation, but aimed at verifying migrants'...

(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...