Five policemen were killed and nine others injured in two separate militant attacks late Saturday in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said unidentified gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying five police personnel in North Sinai’s city of Arish....

Israel's military has imposed a curfew on the occupied West Bank for the duration of a Jewish holiday beginning Sunday evening, Israel radio reported. A military spokesperson said checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank and Gaza have also been closed until Tuesday, except for humanitarian...

Bosnian voters on Sunday are taking part in local elections a week after Republika Srpska -- one of the two entities making up Bosnia and Herzegovina -- overwhelmingly passed a controversial referendum creating a “national holiday” in defiance of the country’s highest court. Over 3.2...

Pope Francis said a Mass on Sunday for the miniscule Catholic community in Shi'ite Muslim Azerbaijan, urging the "precious little flock" to keep the faith and paying tribute to those persecuted during the Soviet era. The oil and gas-rich nation of about 9 million people bordering on Russia,...