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...

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...