The use of force against Palestinian protesters by Israel amounts to a "war crime" under the Statute of Rome, said the UN rapporteur on Palestine on Friday.  The remarks came in Geneva, at a UN Human Rights Council special session on the deteriorating human rights situation in the...

The Israeli army on Friday disputed Palestinian accounts that a baby had died of tear gas inhalation during protests on the Gaza border. "This is another instance of Hamas fake news," Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said, an army spokesman, referring to the Palestinian Islamist movement...

Russia's Economy Ministry said Friday that the United States has refused to discuss its steel and aluminium tariffs with Russia within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Interfax news agency reported. The ministry also plans to inform the WTO that it may introduce...

The Trump administration says it's preparing to lay out its plan to work with Europeans and other countries to pressure Iran following President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the nuclear deal. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will unveil the strategy Monday during a speech at the...