Some 20 activist groups called on Facebook Thursday to stop the spread of "hate speech" targeting sexual minorities in the Middle East and North Africa through its platform. "We the signers below are concerned about the increase of hate speech against the LGBTQI+ community on...

 A former UN envoy to Libya has accused the Security Council of "hypocrisy" and of undermining his efforts to bring peace to the war-torn North African country. In a podcast interview aired Tuesday, Ghassan Salame said the majority of the UN Security Council supported the military...

 Criticized for inaction, President Donald Trump and top officials stepped up their defense of the administration's response to intelligence assessments that Russia offered bounties for killing US troops in Afghanistan. Trump's national security adviser said he had prepared a list of...

Russia no longer plays the most important role in managing Syria’s internal affairs. While Russia still has the upper hand internationally, it is slowly losing its foot and its place in the internal Syrian Rubik Cube.    During the past few days, official information was...