In a small cold house a few hundred meters south of the border with Syria, Khaled, a young fighter with the Free Syrian Army, patiently sits, cellphone in hand, waiting for a call.

Israel’s envoy to the U.N. reportedly told the Security Council that Western Africa has become Hezbollah’s “power base.”

Head of Lebanon’s Audiovisual Media Council Abdel-Hadi Mahfouz accused the MTV station Wednesday of promoting ties with Israel.

The National Audiovisual Media Council denounced the airing by Lebanese television stations of what it called “inappropriate programs” that include sexual content.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from police custody Wednesday after being questioned for two days in a prostitution case.

Francois Bayrou stands no more chance than before in his third try for the French presidency, but this time the center-candidate may win a bigger role as kingmaker.

"World, please help us!" has been a refrain of Syrians under siege by their own government in Homs, Deraa and other cities.

Morocco's pro-democracy movement spearheaded the country's version of the Arab Spring and sent the centuries-old monarchy scrambling to reform.

Ethiopian and Somali troops captured a key Islamist militant stronghold in Somalia Wednesday, as the rebels left their positions.

Two Jordanian opposition groups called for constitutional reform in their country during a visit to Washington, denouncing what they said were corrupt practices under King Abdullah II.