CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian witnesses and officials say villagers have beat to death a young man after catching him trying to steal a car in a new case of vigilante violence. A number of recent lynchings or attempted ... Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops fought fierce battles with rebels on Wednesday for control of key neighborhoods in the north of Damascus, residents and activists said. Also, a European Union staff member ... Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say rebels have seized key security buildings in the northern city of Raqqa where opposition fighters had been battling the last pockets of resistance by government troops. The ... Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian jets bombed opposition-held buildings Tuesday in the strategic northern city of Raqqa, a day after rebels overran the onetime regime stronghold and captured its provincial governor. A ... Read more
MAARET AL-NUMAN, Syria (AP) — The rebels' capture of this strategic city was a key success in their advances in northern Syria against regime forces. But it's so far proven an incomplete victory. Maaret al-Numan ... Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels pushed government troops from most of the northern city of Raqqa Monday, setting off celebrations in a central square where scores of cheering protesters tore down a bronze statue of ... Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian missile strike leveled a block of buildings in an impoverished district of northern Syria Tuesday, killing at least 33 people, almost half of them children, and trapping many others under ... Read more
GAO, Mali (AP) — Black-robed Islamic extremists, armed with AK-47 automatic rifles, invaded the center of Gao, the most populous city in northern Mali, fighting the Malian army Sunday afternoon. The Islamic ... Read more
GAO, Mali (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up late Saturday night, the second such attack in this northern Malian city since Friday, said a Malian army officer. The most recent attack occurred Saturday at ... Read more
PARIS (AP) — French troops launched airstrikes on Islamic militant sites around Kidal and Tessalit in Mali's far north, just a few hours after a triumphant visit by France's president, defense officials said ... Read more