Israeli forces rounded up nine Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Wednesday.  In a statement, the army said that the individuals had been detained for “suspected involvement in popular hostile activities”. ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday met with Iranain Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who arrived in Ankara to brief him on his meeting with Syria's President Bashar Assad. Turkey supports Syrian opposition rebels and Iran backs Assad in Syria's long war, but the two...

Shells slammed into a densely-populated Tripoli suburb overnight, piling on the suffering for civilians from a two-week assault by commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces to take Libya’s capital from an internationally-backed government. The explosions, just before midnight on Tuesday, hit...

Benjamin Netanyahu is set to be formally given the nod for a fifth term as Israeli prime minister Wednesday, but his potential indictment for corruption will hang over tough coalition negotiations in the days ahead. Despite a strong challenge from a centrist alliance in last week's...