U.S. President Donald Trump will welcome King Abdullah of Jordan to the White House on June 25, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. "Trump looks forward to reaffirming the strong bonds of friendship between the United States and Jordan. The leaders will discuss issues of...

Iraq’s supreme court Thursday ordered a manual recount of May 12 legislative elections, a process expected to take weeks although Parliament’s mandate runs out at the end of this month. The recount due to suspicions of electoral fraud, would not significantly affect the overall outcome,...

A Turkish court ruled on Thursday to keep the local chair of Amnesty International in jail, the rights group said on Twitter, one of several high-profile cases that have raised concern about Ankara's record on free speech and protection of human rights. The court ruled that Taner Kilic...

Recent exchanges of fire between Israel and Hamas suggest that the rules of engagement that have prevailed along the Gaza-Israel security fence since Israel’s 2014 military onslaught have changed. Amos Hariel, a military and defense analyst for Israeli daily Haaretz, believes the...