Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

India and Afghanistan reject charges, as Pakistan reveals details of operation that freed hundreds of passengers.

Columbia University has expelled, suspended or revoked degrees of students who occupied a campus hall during pro-Palestinian ...

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are anxious about the future as Israel steps up aggression against refugee camps.

The Palestinian group agrees to resume talks, promising to free Edan Alexander and hand over four captives’ bodies.

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.