We first met Mohedeye and Nedaa Dawabsha sitting quietly on the floor of a small room in their family’s modest house in the dusty West Bank village of Duma. Neither of the sisters were able to leave the room.

More than 250,000 secret U.S. diplomatic cables are now available in full and unfiltered online, exposing scores of U.S. diplomatic sources and informants that were meant to be protected often for their own safety, according to whistleblower website Wi…

Libya’s rebel leadership is expected to outline its humanitarian, reconstruction and political needs when representatives from about 60 countries gather in Paris on Thursday to discuss the country’s transition to democracy, diplomats said.