(Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced a prominent activist to five years in jail on Monday for violating limits on demonstrations, part of one of the toughest crackdowns on dissent in Egypt's history. After the verdict was read out, chants of "Down, down with military rule!" rang...

An Israeli helicopter attack killed five members of Hezbollah operating out of Syria over the weekend. Among the dead were senior Hezbollah figures and an Iranian general, raising tensions in Lebanon of a potential return to hostilities between the two neighboring countries....

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has detained a senior party official it accused of spying for Israel and “sabotaging security operations” abroad, a source close to the movement said on Thursday. “Three months ago, Hezbollah’s security apparatus detained a man named Mohammad...

( Newsweek )- The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released the executive summary of a long-awaited report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s use of so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques,” or what President Barack Obama has referred to as...