The Israeli military said Friday that an unarmed Palestinian man was shot and killed in a West Bank settlement after he tried to break into a home and fought with a guard. The military referred to the incident as a "terror attack," but a spokesman was unable to explain how it came to that...

Egypt has released Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein after more than four years in detention on accusations of publishing false news, a security source said Friday. Hussein, an Egyptian national held under preventive detention since December 2016, was released from jail Thursday night,...

“Without such an action, we are allowing the use of chemical weapons to take place with impunity”, Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, told the Security Council in a virtual briefing.  “It is imperative that this Council shows leadership in...

Security forces have arrested a number of civilians in the Syrian government stronghold of Latakia after rare criticism of rampant poverty and corruption in President Bashar al-Assad's administration. Among those arrested in the province - the birthplace of Assad and home to members of...