Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday recognizing Ukraine's Crimea region as a “sovereign and independent country,” just hours after the strategic Black Sea peninsula declared it had broken away from Ukraine. The moves triggered the toughest Western sanctions...

U.S. special forces have seized a tanker that fled with a cargo of oil from a Libyan port controlled by anti-government rebels, halting their attempt to sell crude on the global market. Gunmen demanding regional autonomy and a share of oil wealth had managed to load the ship, which...

Lebanon's army blew up a car on Monday in the border region with  Syria  which they suspected contained explosives and was being prepared for use in a bomb attack, security sources said. They said the car was found in a rural area between the Bekaa Valley villages of...

Groups of youths on motorcycles drove around Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh area Sunday in celebration of the Syrian government’s successful assault on the rebel held city of Yabrud which was achieved with the aid of Hezbollah fighters. The celebratory parade was photographed by...