Vowing “to get right to work,” President-elect Joe Biden shrugged off President Donald Trump's fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as “inconsequential,” even as Democrats elsewhere warned that the Republican president's actions were dangerous. Raising unsupported claims of...

Palestinians on Wednesday mourned their veteran negotiator Saeb Erekat, who died aged 65 of coronavirus complications, amid cautious hope the stalled peace process with Israel may be revived under Joe Biden's presidency. Erekat, who died Tuesday at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital,...

 Four people were injured by a blast in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Wednesday, a Greek government official said, in what France described as a “cowardly attack” involving an explosive device at an event involving foreign embassies. “There was some sort of a blast at the...

Israel and Lebanon resumed U.S.-mediated talks on Wednesday over their disputed Mediterranean Sea border, that has held up hydrocarbon exploration in the potentially gas-rich area, a source and Lebanon’s state news agency said. The longtime foes held three rounds of talks last month...