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.”

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.

Working out at home is easier than ever, thanks to the wealth of online instruction and a new generation of multitasking, space-saving fitness tools.

Everything you know about dieting is wrong, say U.S. scientists who have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss.