Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced plans to hold legislative elections on May 22 and presidential polls on July 31, for the first time in 15 years. Concerns, however, have been rising that Israel might hinder the vote in the occupied East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians...

Amnesty International on Thursday urged Paris to halt weapons sales to Lebanon, saying French-manufactured rubber bullets, tear gas grenades and launchers had been used to quell peaceful demonstrations. "France has for years been supplying Lebanese security forces with law enforcement...

 Three civilians were killed in a car bomb attack in the northeastern town of Tal Abyad, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Tuesday. Two more civilians were injured in the bomb attack, the ministry said in a statement. The wounded have been transferred to a hospital in...

Bilateral relations and new chances for collaboration were on the agenda as Azerbaijan’s president received Iran’s foreign minister in the capital Baku on Monday. Azerbaijan is “very satisfied” with the cooperation level between the two countries, Ilham Aliyev said, recalling that...