Hamas is to unveil a new version of its controversial founding charter which called for the destruction of Israel in a bid to ease its international isolation, party officials said. Leaders of Hamas have long spoken of the more limited aim of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza...

Turkey and the United States can join forces to turn ISIS' defacto capital of Raqqa in Syria into a "graveyard" for the extremists, the Turkish president said Saturday. "The huge America, the coalition and Turkey can join hands and turn Raqqa into a graveyard for Daesh," Recep Tayyip...

Notorious Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to public life Saturday after more than 20 years in exile, calling on the Taliban to lay down their weapons and join a "caravan of peace". Hekmatyar, white-bearded and clad in his trademark black turban, spoke to...

Moscow is ready to cooperate with the United States on settling the Syrian crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday, Russian news agencies reported. Russian authorities reiterate periodically that they stand ready to renew cooperation with Washington on Syria and, more...