The Palestinians are asking the United Nations to deploy a permanent international force in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Tuesday's request comes a day after Israel said it was suspending operations of an observer force in the city of Hebron, after 20 years. Palestinian...

Palestinian resistance group Hamas said it has been invited by a Russian think-tank to visit Moscow next month for talks.  In a statement, the group said it has received an invitation from the government-affiliated Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences to...

Syria's regime and Iran signed 11 agreements and memoranda of understanding late Monday, including a "long-term strategic economic cooperation" deal aimed at strengthening cooperation between Damascus and one of its key allies in the civil war that has torn the country apart. The agreements...

At least six people were killed and 20 injured late Monday in a bomb attack in southeastern Yemen. An explosive device went off in front of a restaurant near a military vehicle in Al-Maha district in Taiz province, said a military official who requested anonymity because he was unauthorized...