The number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on hunger strike reached 400 Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club NGO said, but an Israeli official disputed the figure. In a statement the NGO said the hunger strike, which began Monday, had grown rapidly, with 250 prisoners joining...

Germany and other European Union powers will accept Prime Minister Theresa May’s request for another delay to Brexit but French President Emmanuel Macron will seek to limit Britain’s influence as it grapples with its departure. In a sign of just how far the three-year Brexit crisis...

Iran said on Tuesday it would press ahead with the launch of three satellites into orbit this year despite a U.S. move to curb Tehran’s ballistic missile program which Washington says has been advanced by the satellite activity. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would name...

Around 20 people have been killed and dozens wounded in dawn attacks on a sit-in outside Sudan’s defense ministry by protesters calling for President Omar al-Bashir to step down, the head of the main opposition party said on Tuesday. Veteran leader Sadiq al-Mahdi also called in a...