A Palestinian man who was killed by Israeli police during clashes in east Jerusalem last week has been laid to rest after his body was released to his family. Authorities had held the body of 20-year-old Mohammad Obeid since he was fatally shot last Thursday. The shooting sparked three...

 Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi issued a decree on Monday heavily curbing the powers of mostly Iranian-backed Shiite militias and forcing them to integrate more closely into the formal armed forces. The militias, which helped Iraqi and U.S.-led international coalition forces to...

Israel’s energy minister said on Monday Iran was carrying out “nuclear blackmail” by amassing more low-enriched uranium than permitted under a deal with world powers, according to Israel’s Kan public broadcaster. Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz told Kan that continued international...

The Lebanese government vowed on Monday to restore security to an area of a deadly shooting that has stirred fear of renewed strife in the Chouf Mountains, one of the bloodiest theaters of the 1975-90 civil war. Two aides of government minister Saleh al-Gharib, the state minister for...