BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese parliamentarians failed on Monday in their sixth attempt to elect a new president, extending the political vacuum that emerged when former President Michel Suleiman's term ended two weeks ago. The deadlock comes as the spillover from neighboring...

BEIRUT: Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said Sunday that the recent Syrian presidential election paved way for the postwar phase as he reiterated the call to elect a Lebanese president as soon as possible. “The Syrian presidential election lays the...

(Reuters) - Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in as president of Egypt on Sunday in a ceremony with low-key attendance by Western allies concerned by a crackdown on dissent since he ousted Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi last year. Last month's election, which...

Israel’s president and prime minister have both congratulated Egyptian president-elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who vowed on his recent election and voiced readiness to work closely with Cairo in different areas, the Egyptian leader’s Facebook page said late Friday. According...