A roadside bombing Thursday killed a senior Syrian cleric who played a key role in government deals with rebel fighters, according to Syrian state media and a government website. The explosion that killed Damascus Mufti Adnan Afiouni took place in the town of Qudsaya, west of the capital of...

Lebanese veteran politician Saad al-Hariri was named prime minister for a fourth time on Thursday and pledged to form a new government to tackle the country’s worst crisis since its 1975-1990 civil war. After his nomination, Hariri said he would quickly form a cabinet of specialists to...

A leading international human rights group Thursday condemned Egypt's execution of 49 people so far this month - some arrested during a deadly crackdown on a mass protest in 2013 - and urged authorities in Cairo to grant fair retrials to those on the death row. Between Oct. 3 and 13, Egypt...

A leading international human rights group Thursday said a Lebanon-led probe into the devastating port explosion in Beirut this summer has been marred by political meddling and lack of judicial independence, resulting in failure to yield credible results two months later. Human Rights Watch...