The world's governments are demanding that Syria immediately let United Nations inspectors onto the scene of alleged chemical attacks that  killed as many as 1,800 . But even if Bashar al-Assad's regime gave the inspectors permission to visit the disputed battlefields right now, they still...

  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he intends to conduct a "thorough, impartial and prompt investigation" into the latest alleged chemical weapons attack in  Syria , an issue his top disarmament official will raise in Damascus shortly. A United Nations statement...

The most senior leader in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, has been arrested in Cairo. Mr Badie, who was wanted over alleged incitement to violence and murder, has been temporarily replaced as "general guide" by his deputy, Mahmoud Ezzat. In another development, Egypt's ex-vice...

 Four rockets fired from Syria slammed into the northern Bekaa Valley Sunday, terrifying residents and causing them to remain in their homes. Three rockets fell on the city of Hermel, landing in the playground of a closed school and in the neighborhood of Ras al-Mal. The damage was...