Tunisians are preparing to cast their ballots on Sunday to elect a new president in a vote billed as the country's first free and fair presidential election. Twenty-seven presidential candidates are vying for office in the weekend vote, the last phase of Tunisia's...

SOUSSE Tunisia (Reuters) - Tunisians were used to seeing Nidhal Selmi belting around a stadium, proudly sporting his country's red and white colors as a defender on the national football squad. So it was a shock when he appeared in a camouflage...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that "international cooperation" was necessary to crush the Islamic State group, which is the target of a US-led campaign. "The region is going through decisive times" and the most important factor in determining the outcome is...

(Reuters) - Tighter security in Saudi Arabia has made it hard for Islamic State to target the government so the militants are instead trying to incite a sectarian conflict via attacks on the Shi'ite Muslim minority, the Saudi Interior Ministry said. Last week the Sunni...