An Israeli paramilitary policeman shot dead a Palestinian who had stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, police and the army said, as a month-long spate of attacks showed no signs of abating. The latest assault, like other recent stabbings, took place in the West Bank city of...

The U.S. president's special envoy for the global coalition to counter ISIS militants said Wednesday that as the U.S. continues to build its military options in Syrian, European nations might consider combat operations to battle extremists. Retired Gen. John Allen's testimony before the Senate...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for international protection for Palestinians against “extrajudicial killings” by Israeli security forces. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council, Abbas asked the Security Council to “urgently… set up a special regime for...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said late on Monday that the Syria crisis cannot be resolved without Turkey. "Can the Syrian question be resolved with an equation in which Turkey does not figure? Is there a formula for progress that does not include Turkey?" asked Davutoglu in a live...