(Reuters) - An Egyptian court upheld death sentences on Wednesday against 12 Muslim Brotherhood supporters convicted of killing a police officer last year, judicial sources said. Judge Moataz Khafagy first passed the sentence against the men in June and referred the case to...

(Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed five militants in Pakistan's volatile northwest on Wednesday, security officials and residents said, as the country's security forces press ahead with an offensive in a Taliban stronghold near the Afghan border. Two missiles slammed...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army agreed to a 24-hour cease-fire in a border town held by Islamic extremists from Syria Tuesday to allow for negotiations for the release of captive soldiers and evacuate casualties, a senior Lebanese security official said. The agreement appears...

(Reporting by Sarah Abdul Hai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) (Zaman Alwasl)- Local sources from Sweida province said the Islamic State (IS) started to deploy its fighters in the Eastern desert of the city, near to Rishida village.  ...