Fighting between rebel groups in the biggest insurgent stronghold near the Syrian capital Damascus entered a second day Saturday, while government forces pressed an offensive against the besieged enclave, activists said. The clashes broke out in part of the densely-populated rural area east...

By Abdullah Ghadawi (Zaman Al Wasl)- Mustafa al-Sabbagh, the former National Coalition Secretary-General said that opposition’s absence from international interest is due to the lack of regional and international desire to change the regime, and the opposition’s failure to provide...

Pope Francis is set to lead a mass for Egypt's small Catholic community Saturday as he visits the country in support of its Christians following a series of deadly church bombings. The spiritual leader of the world's almost 1.3 billion Catholics will lead mass for some 30,000 believers in a...

As tension spikes on the Korean peninsula, a French amphibious assault carrier sailed into Japan's naval base of Sasebo Saturday ahead of drills that risk upsetting China, which faces U.S. pressure to rein in North Korea's arms programs. The Mistral will lead exercises next month near Guam,...