Palestinian officials say that President Mahmoud Abbas has chosen longtime adviser Mohammad Ishtayeh as his new prime minister. The officials say that Abbas will announce the appointment later on Sunday. They spoke on condition of anonymity pending the official announcement. Ishtayeh is...

Yemeni security officials and eyewitnesses say that fighting has erupted in the key port city of Hodeida, the first significant clashes since warring sides agreed to a U.N.-brokered cease-fire deal in December. They say the combat began overnight into Sunday, leaving fires burning on the...

Israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, shortly after a rocket fire from the Palestinian territory, according to the military.  In a statement, the army said its forces struck several military targets in a Hamas compound in northern Gaza and two...

Israeli aircraft struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after a rocket from the Palestinian enclave hit the Jewish state, the army said. "Fighter jets and aircraft struck several military targets in a Hamas compound in the northern Gaza Strip in addition to two Hamas vessels,"...