Israel's parliament will be sworn in Thursday without a new government formed as a deadlocked general election leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrambling to find a path to extend his long tenure in power. Members of parliament elected in September 17 polls will take their oaths of...

Israeli forces rounded up 13 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military. A Thursday statement read that the individuals had been arrested for “suspected involvement in popular hostile activities", without elaborating about...

Eleven people were killed during protests overnight in two southern Iraqi cities, including a policeman, police and medical sources said Thursday, raising the death toll to 18 since anti-government protests turned violent two days ago. Seven protesters and a policeman died in Nassiriya...

 France's top diplomat judged Wednesday that Iran and the United States had just over a month to try to start a dialogue on easing tensions in the Middle East, before another expected move by Tehran to ramp up its nuclear activities. The comment by Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian...