President Donald Trump is considering giving U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman more authority over the U.S. outpost that handles Palestinian affairs, five U.S. officials said, a shift that could further dampen Palestinian hopes for an independent state. Any move to downgrade the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The US-led coalition airstrikes have killed ten civilians in airstrikes pounded the last pockets of Daesh in eastern Deir Ezzor province, activists said Thursday. The strikes targeted on the town of al-Baouz al-Fouqani in the eastern bank of Euphrates River, activist...

The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote Thursday at 6 p.m. (2200 GMT) on a draft resolution put forward by Kuwait calling for the protection of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, Kuwait's U.N. ambassador Mansour al-Otaibi said. Diplomats say the United States is expected to block...

Three Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in clashes with fighters from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the army said. "Three of our heroic comrades fell as martyrs as a result of clashes with members of the separatist terrorist organisation in northern...