Egyptian security forces say police have killed 15 suspected militants in a shootout in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. They say the shootout took place Sunday when police raided the militants' hideout west of the Mediterranean city of al-Arish. Security...

Syria's foreign minister Walid al-Moallem discussed Monday the formation of a constitutional committee and its work with U.N. special envoy Geir Pedersen who said that "all the outstanding issues" related to it were being addressed in talks. Pedersen's visit to Syria comes a week after...

Israel's national electricity company said Sunday it was cutting power to parts of the occupied West Bank due to outstanding payments amounting to nearly $483 million. The Israel Electric Corporation said it was owed 1.7 billion shekels in debts from the main Palestinian power distributor...

Two early works by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh were auctioned in the Belgian city of Ghent on Sunday, fetching near estimate prices that the organiser said were bargains. The first work, a watercolour of flowers, was snapped up for 220,000 euros ($240,000), slightly more than expected,...