The Israeli authorities on Wednesday approved construction of hundreds of new Jewish-only housing units in occupied East Jerusalem, according to Israeli media reports.  "Jerusalem’s district committee has approved the construction of 640 new housing units in the Ramat Shlomo...

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has pledged military support for Gulf Arab states if their security comes under threat, the state daily Al-Ahram reported Wednesday. "If the security of the Gulf is directly threatened, Egypt will mobilize its forces to support its brothers," Sisi...

Turkey takes a positive view of a U.S. move to offer rewards for information on three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the foreign ministry said Wednesday, adding it expected to see concrete steps in the fight against the militia. The United States offered the...

Qatar has announced it will provide temporary support to 50,000 impoverished Gaza families as mediators attempt to broker a truce between Hamas and Israel. The Gulf state will provide $100 each to 50,000 poor families in the "next few days," a statement from Qatar's Gaza Reconstruction...