At least 30 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants and four Iraqi Peshmerga fighters were killed in clashes in northern Iraq Saturday, a Peshmerga source said. All the casualties took place in Kuwair village located 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Erbil city....

A Tunisian military court Tuesday denied bail for a blogger who is appealing his three-year jail sentence for defaming the army -- a case that has alarmed rights campaigners. The court scheduled the next hearing for Yassine Ayari on January 20. Ayari, 33, was...

President Barack Obama congratulated President Beji Caid Essebsi on Monday for his victory in Tunisia’s first presidential election under its new constitution.   In a telephone call, Obama commended Tunisians “for the spirit of peaceful compromise that has...

(Reuters) - A Libyan warplane from forces loyal to the internationally recognized government bombed a Greek-operated oil tanker anchored off the coast, killing two crewmen in an escalation of hostilities between factions vying to rule the country. Military officials said the...