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...

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,...