Middle East
France says force needed if Syrian chemical attack proved true
France says the international community must respond with force if opposition allegations that Syrian forces used chemical weapons in an attack near ...Israeli military says 4 rockets fired from Lebanon into country
Four rockets were fired toward northern Israel from southern Lebanon on Thursday for the first time in nearly two years, according to ...Security Council meets on alleged Syrian chemical attack
The UN Security Council met Wednesday over reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria that the opposition says was carried out ...Egypt court orders Hosni Mubarak release from jail
Egypt\'s former hardline President Hosni Mubarak was ordered released from prison on Wednesday, a move that could potentially stir further unrest in ...Egyptian authorities arrest 2 Islamist figures
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday arrested two more Islamist figures: a top ally of the Muslim Brotherhood as he reportedly tried to flee ...Activists, rebels claim Syria chemical weapons attacks kill hundreds
Syrian activists accused forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday of using chemical agents during the heavy bombardment of rebel-held areas ...Israelis and Palestinians reportedly talk again
Diplomatic sources reveal that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met secretly in Jerusalem, a week after US-brokered peace talks were relaunched in the ...Syria Kurds, jihadists in fresh battles
Fresh fighting has broken out between Kurdish fighters and al-Qaida-linked rebels in northern Syria, where clashes between the two sides have forced ...Egyptian authorities arrest Muslim Brotherhood leader
Egyptian authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, as they stepped up a campaign to ...Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak may be freed from jail soon
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown in an uprising in 2011, will be released from jail within days after a ...