The United States has suspended a large part of its military and other cash aid to Egypt, the State Department said.
Armed men have kidnapped Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from a hotel in Tripoli, two Arab television channels reported.
A top US official has expressed hope that the new trend among Western and Iranian authorities to resolve Tehran’s nuclear issue would be historic opportunity.
Chinese state media hit out at US lawmakers Thursday, a week ahead of a potential US default, urging them to "stop manufacturing crises" that threaten the global economy.
The death toll from clashes between former rebels who now run the Central African Republic and local self-defense groups has climbed to nearly 50, a security official says.
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the upcoming Geneva 2 conference on Syria must bring influential Syrian political figures together, and bar sponsors of terrorism in the Arab state.
An outbreak of salmonella in raw chicken has sickened nearly 300 people in the United States, officials say as consumer advocates have warned the federal shutdown was hampering a government response.
The Israeli military has hit a target in Syria after a soldier in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights sustained slight injuries by fire from the Syrian side.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected the unfounded allegation that Iran is pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program, stressing that there is no evidence backing up the claim.
Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the West should not think the Islamic Awakening in the region has come to an end.