The Syrian government has agreed that women and children in the besieged districts of the central city of Homs can leave "immediately", peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has said. The government asked that the opposition provide names of other civilians who wish to leave the siege imposed by...

Egypt's interim president, Adly Mansour has announced that Egypt will hold presidential elections before parliamentary, changing a political "road map" laid down after the army overthrew Mohamed Morsi last summer. The long-expected change could pave the way for the swift election of...

Gunmen killed three Egyptian soldiers in an attack on a bus in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, the military said, prompting the army to threaten to eliminate the Muslim Brotherhood, which it blames for much of Egypt's political violence. Al-Qaeda inspired Islamist militant groups based...

Egypt's ambassador and his staff have left Libya for security reasons after the kidnapping of five of their colleagues, the foreign ministry said Sunday. "The ambassador and more than 50 staff and diplomats of the Egyptian embassy left Tripoli on Saturday evening," ministry spokesman...