Egypt's government resigned on Monday, paving the way for army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his candidacy for president of a strategic U.S. ally gripped by political strife. After the July overthrow of elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and subsequent crackdown...

Israel has invited Indian companies to take part in extracting natural gas from its newly-found reserves, with 40 percent of the produced hydrocarbon reserved for exports, even as it wants talks on a free trade pact to fructify soon. Israeli Ambassador to India Alon Ushpiz said his...

Syria’s Health Ministry says swine flu has killed 9 people in Hama province with 36 swine flu cases across the country.   Syria’s Health Ministry confirmed the country’s first case of swine flu in 2009 when an Australian woman of Syrian origin arrived in the country...

Another 60 boys and men who were being held by Syria’s authorities after their evacuation from besieged Homs have been released, governor Talal Barazi told AFP Monday. The detainees, aged from 15 to 55 years, were among some 1,400 people evacuated from rebel-held districts in the...