The leader of Gaza's ruling movement Hamas announced he would go Friday to the Israeli border to take part in fresh protests, four days after 60 Palestinians were killed in violence. Ismail Haniya also denied a deal had been made to end seven weeks of border protests, vowing they...

Turkey called on Muslim countries to stop other nations from following the United States and opening embassies in Jerusalem, as it opened a meeting in Istanbul Friday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the summit of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),...

 Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Black Sea resort of Sochi Friday, as Moscow and Europe make rare joint efforts to save the Iran nuclear deal. The pair's first face-to-face meeting in a year will take place less than a week...

Egyptian authorities on Thursday opened the Rafah border crossing with the blockaded Gaza Strip for a three-day period. On Wednesday, Cairo announced that the terminal would remain open until Saturday to allow Palestinians to cross the border in both directions. According to an...