Four Westerners who posed naked on Malaysia's highest peak were Friday sentenced to three days in jail and fined for obscene behavior in a public place, news reports said. The four were among 10 foreigners who stripped naked and took photos on Mount Kinabalu on May 30. A local official has said...

An Egyptian court Thursday sentenced a policeman to 15 years in jail over the fatal shooting of a woman during a peaceful leftist rally, a court official said. Shaima al-Sabbagh, a 34-year-old mother of a five-year-old, was struck by birdshot in January as police dispersed a small march on the...

A well-informed source said leader of key Syrian opposition, the National Coalition, has met with Zahran Alloush, Islam Army's commander and number of rebel commanders in Jordan's capital. Amman's secret meeting was organized by the Coalition in step to form a common ground  between...

A day after taking control of a major army base in Daraa province, Southern Front rebels on Wednesday announced a new offensive to capture a military airport near Sweida city, the main stronghold of Syria's Druze minority. Al-Tha'leh airport is rebels' second target after the takeover of Liwa...