Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi Monday condemned air strikes by the United States on several bases belonging to an Iranian-backed militia group in Iraq and said the attack would have consequences. "The prime minister described the American attack on the Iraqi armed forces...

Israeli authorities arrested more than 5,500 Palestinians during 2019, including 889 children and 128 women, several Palestinian advocacy groups announced Monday. The figures were released through a statement issued on Monday by a number of Palestinian prisoners' affairs groups including...

Palestinian group Hamas on Monday denied holding any truce talks with Israel. "We confirm that the siege and sanctions are still ongoing and the Zionist enemy [Israel] didn't abide by the full entitlements of the previous Egypt-brokered negotiations," Hamas said in a statement. Hamas...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the state of relations between their two countries in a phone call instigated by Putin, the White House said Monday. The official reason for the call, according to both sides, was for Putin to thank Trump for what...