An Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane with 89 people on board has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut airport. Eyewitnesses say they saw a ball of fire in the sky before the Addis Ababa-bound jet crashed into the sea.

Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah is set to address the gathering, and according to Lebanese media, he will speak about Israel’s recent threats against the terror organization and Lebanon. Last week, Defense Minister Barak warned that...

One of the problems with countries like Syria - secretive and authoritarian - is that whenever a bomb goes off or someone is assassinated, the list of possible suspects is extensive.

Boubakeur el Hakim traded his Paris neighborhood of boulangeries and halal butcher shops for the insurgent camps of Iraq. When he came home, he told his war stories to other young men on the forgotten edges of French society, allegedly persuading some...