The ship will offer support to the U.S. Navy’s six warships operating in the Mediterranean Sea, in the event of a strike on Syria.
Former Egypt President Mohammed Morsi is accused of instigating the killings of demonstrators during protests last December.
Unlike its peers in Syria and Egypt, the Lebanese military is cozying up to its citizens with “Be a Commando for a Day” exercises.
As one group of blacks arrive in Israel, another much larger group of Africans face imminent deportation.
A series of oil sector factors has pushed oil well above $100 per barrel.
Most Western companies have been out of Syria for the past two years.
American cities are nowhere to be found at the top of the 2013 list of the most livable cities in the world.
The year is off to a terrific start for the global travel and tourism industry with higher-than-predicted growth of 5 percent.
The Jatropha curcas species may not be right for biofuel, but carbon farming presents another opportunity.
Egypt’s turmoil is forcing its young people to put jobs, careers and education on hold, and nobody knows how long the interruption will last.
Over the years Turkey has made some pretty inflammatory statements; here are five that will have you asking, really?
Mujao and al-Mulathameen will now be known as al-Murabitoun. Should Africa be worried?
IBTimes Correspondent Daria Solovieva has the latest details in this video report from Cairo; she explains the situation on the ground.
Go figure: Europe is angry that Syria is using the horrific weapons it enabled them to make.
Onions are viewed as an essential – and up to now, affordable -- commodity for India’s poor.
Islamic banks offer zero-interest mortgages, and they could be an alternative lender for many U.S. first-time homeowners.
Saudi Arabia said it will offer financial aid to Egypt, while the U.S. struggles to achieve middle ground.
Researchers have found that ancient Egyptian beads were made from iron derived from meteorites.
Some 1,050 artifacts spanning 3,500 years of history were looted from Egypt's Malawi National Museum last week.
The former president still faces charges that he was complicit in killing hundreds of protesters by ordering his security forces to do so.
Official accounts were contradictory, and attributed the killings to tear gas and to an attack on a prison transfer vehicle.
As violence in Egypt continues into the weekend, governments have issued travel warnings.