Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has approved the construction of a new settlement in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron. In a statement, Bennet's office said the defense minister had ordered the relevant offices within the ministry to "inform the Hebron municipality that...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday denounced six new European members of a barter mechanism with Iran, saying it encouraged Tehran's repression of protests. "While the Iranian regime is killing its own people, European countries rush to support that very murderous regime," the...

 Pope Francis on Sunday criticized Iraq’s crackdown on anti-government protests, which have led to the deaths of more than 400 people since they erupted in Baghdad and other cities in October. “I am following the situation in Iraq with concern. It is with pain that I have learned...

Israel's new hard-right defence minister Sunday ordered officials to start planning a new Jewish settlement in the heart of the divided West Bank city of Hebron. The announcement came as the prospects of a third snap election since May loomed larger, with Defence Minister Naftali Bennett's...