A committee tasked with writing a constitution for Libya voted on Saturday in favor of a draft, paving the way for parliament to approve a referendum and causing an uproar among opponents. Critics, including secessionists and people in favor of the country's 1951 constitution, called...

 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc avoided an embarrassing defeat on Sunday as an ally won reelection as mayor of Yokohama, with the premier planning to reshuffle his cabinet this week in an effort to boost his sagging support ratings. Mayor Fumiko Hayashi, backed by...

Polls opened in Venezuela on Sunday for the election of a new, all-powerful "Constituent Assembly" that President Nicolas Maduro promised would end his country's political and economic crisis by rewriting the constitution. The vote has been fiercely opposed by months of deadly street...

On the terrace of the Baron Hotel in Aleppo, the owner's widow, Roubina Tashjian, sorted through old photographs of its happier past in a more peaceful Syria. Founded by an Armenian family in 1911, the Baron played host to adventurers, writers, kings, aviators, Bedouin chiefs and presidents...