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The candidates for president of Iran are cut from strikingly similar cloth: all are men, have ties to Iran's supreme leader and appear far more like technocrats when compared to the maverick current president.

Two bombs have exploded near a police station in the center of the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing at least 14 people.

Hundreds of Turkish police in riot gear entered Istanbul's Taksim Square early, firing tear gas and a water cannon at a small number of anti-government protesters.

Libya's army chief has resigned after clashes between protesters and a government-aligned militia left 31 people dead in the eastern city of Benghazi.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has made a rare visit to his country's autonomous Kurdish region to try to ease long-running disputes that have threatened national unity.

Afghan officials say security forces have killed a group of seven insurgents who attacked Kabul's main airport.

UNDOF peacekeepers patrol Golan Heights.

The U.S. Defense Department wants to provide secure access to information from any device, anywhere and anytime, but the priority is security, the department’s principal deputy chief information officer said here.

Turkey is central to U.S. and European efforts to get opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to possibly come to the peace table. But growing domestic unrest in Turkey could complicate Ankara's efforts at Middle East diplomacy.