Four members of an extremist Jewish sect based in Guatemala have been arrested in New York on charges of kidnapping two children, federal prosecutors have said. According to a statement issued Friday by the US Attorney's Office from the Southern District of New York, the four men are...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, her office said late Friday. The two leaders discussed recent international developments, particularly in Syria and Ukraine, German government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer said in a statement. Merkel...

German prosecutors Friday announced war crimes charges against a female member of Daesh (ISIS) who let a five-year-old girl die of thirst in the scorching sun. While living in then Daesh-occupied Mosul, Iraq, the 27-year-old German citizen identified only as Jennifer W. and her husband...

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man during the latest of weekly protests along the border with Israel Friday, Palestinian health officials said. Karam Fayyad, 26, was killed east of the Gaza city of Khan Yunis, Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qodra told AFP....