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...

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday condemned Israel's "heinous acts" of targeting unarmed Palestinian demonstrators in the Gaza Strip as he denied any French complacency. "At this point I am very clear: France has condemned these heinous acts -- and these civilian casualties -- that...

court in Iraq Thursday sentenced to death a Russian militant for being a member of Daesh (ISIS), a judicial source said. The person who received the sentence in Baghdad's central criminal court was only identified by the name Hassanov, said the same source. More than 300 people,...

At least one person was killed in Iran's southern city of Kazeroon when protesters set fire to a police station, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Thursday. It said the protest Wednesday night had left at least one person dead and at least six others wounded. "A small...