Giant posters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in military uniform hang at security checkpoints leading to the Sinai, but the crash of a Russian airliner in the peninsula has shattered the image of control they seek to project. Western officials have raised the possibility that...

The White House said Friday it was "very concerned" with the initial findings of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons about the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. "We are continuing to investigate these allegations very closely and to be proactive about the threat...

Unknown assailants shot and wounded two Israelis at a flash-point holy site in the West Bank city of Hebron Friday, the army said, as sporadic violence again erupted in the Palestinian territories. "Two Israelis were shot at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron," a statement said, with...

In a refugee camp outside Myanmar's provincial capital Sittwe, Soe Hlaing was holding a pink card, the most coveted of the rainbow of documents indicating citizenship status, which gives him a vote in Sunday's historic election. But the 44-year-old Muslim said he will not be exercising...