Prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak was released from prison Friday after serving a two-year sentence for insulting the emir in public. Barrak, 61, walked out of Kuwait's central prison to a frenzied reception by hundreds of his relatives and supporters who broke...

( New York Times )- The world seems awash in chaos and uncertainty, perhaps more so than at any point since the end of the Cold War. Authoritarian-leaning leaders are on the rise, and liberal democracy itself seems under siege. The post-World War II order is fraying as fighting spills across...

Rebels have reached an agreement with the Syrian government for it to release 500 prisoners who will then cross into rebel territory Friday as part of a swap deal between the warring sides, a rebel official told Reuters. Mohamad Abu Zeid, a spokesman for the Ahrar al-Sham faction, said...

Syrian President Bashar Assad was quoted Friday as saying that the group formerly known as the Nusra Front carried out the bombing of a convoy of evacuees from two Shi'ite villages Saturday that killed 126. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing. Assad's comments were quoted...