Clashes erupted along the Gaza Strip's border with Israel Monday between Palestinians and Israeli forces ahead of the controversial inauguration of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, AFP journalists reported. Gaza's health ministry said 12 Palestinians were wounded. Several thousand...

Libya will return to Egypt on Monday the bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians killed in 2015 by Daesh (ISIS) in its former Libyan stronghold of Sirte, a Libyan security official said. The bodies were recovered in October after the area where they were buried was recaptured from the militant...

Iran denounced President Donald Trump as "feeble-minded" over Monday's controversial move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, calling for resistance from the Palestinians and the international community. "America has entered a crisis of strategic decision-making that looks at the...

 (Reuters) - Moqtada al-Sadr was leading in Iraq’s parliamentary election with over half of the votes counted, the electoral commission said on Sunday, pointing to a surprise comeback for the powerful Shi’ite cleric who had been sidelined by Iran-backed rivals. Shi’ite...