Israeli aircraft have struck two Hamas observation points in the Gaza Strip, a security source said Sunday, after the army reported balloons carrying an "explosive device" were sent toward Israel. No injuries occurred from the strikes late Saturday east of al-Bureij in the central...

The United States is expected to move ahead with a downgrade of its mission to the Palestinians on Monday by merging its Jerusalem consulate with the embassy to Israel, a U.S. official said Saturday. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said when announcing the merger in October that it...

A group of Yazidi women and children reunited with their families in Iraq Saturday after five years of captivity at the hands of Daesh (ISIS), hugging and kissing relatives in emotional scenes that underscored their years-long ordeal and that of their devastated community. Elated...

United Nations investigators said on Thursday Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in killing 189 Palestinians and wounding more than 6,100 at weekly protests in Gaza last year. The independent panel said it had confidential information about those...