GAZA, Palestine  Around 65,000 Palestinians are still displaced since Israel waged a war on the Gaza Strip in 2014, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. "When the Israeli offensive stopped in 2014, [a total of] 100,000 Gazans were not able...

Libyan politicians began Monday two days of U.N.-brokered talks in Tunis to discuss power struggles and militant threats that are undermining stability in the country. The members of the Libyan Political Dialogue signed in December 2015 a political agreement that established the U.N.-backed...

Cooling U.S. rate hike expectations helped world shares notch up solid gains on Monday, though they came off highs as investors concluded an oil market pact between Saudi Arabia and Russia lacked substance. Oil surged as much 5 percent on news the two mega producers had signed a deal to...

Fifth-seeded Simona Halep beat 11th-seeded Spanish rival Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2 7-5 on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Monday. The 24-year-old Romanian was broken serving for the match at 5-4 but she broke right back, and after falling behind 0-30 in the 11th game...