The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the unlawful destruction of cultural heritage and warning ISIS, Al-Qaeda and other combatants that such attacks may constitute war crimes. The resolution approved Friday expands previous measures which were limited to...

A Spanish aid organization said Friday that it feared that hundreds of migrants may have died Libya's coast after five bodies were found near two capsized boats while the search for a third vessel reported missing has so far proved futile. Proactiva Open Arms spokeswoman Laura Lanuza said...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she was concerned about Israel's building of settlements in the occupied West Bank, which she said was undermining progress towards a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinian territories. Israel is building settlements in the occupied West...

Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric and politician Muqtada al-Sadr told supporters Friday to continue protesting government corruption -- even in the event of his assassination. In an address delivered to tens of thousands of supporters in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, al-Sadr said he had received...