Britain called on Israel to improve the treatment of Palestinian children in military detention Friday and said Israel should do more to safeguard vulnerable people in its care. The Foreign Office issued a statement in the wake of the sentencing of Palestinian teenage girl Ahed Tamimi,...

At least four Iraqi soldiers were killed Friday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province, according to a local police source. “An army patrol vehicle struck a roadside bomb this morning as it passed through Diyala’s Nada Basin area, killing four...

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Friday announced the lifting of a flight ban to northern Iraq's Erbil city. Speaking to media in capital Ankara, Yildirim said: "We had closed down our airspace following northern Iraq's referendum. We are opening our airspace as of today." An...

 Egypt opened its largely sealed border with the Gaza Strip on Friday for two days, Palestinian authorities said. In just the third such opening this year, the crossing between the Palestinian enclave and Egypt's Sinai region will be open Friday and Saturday for humanitarian cases,...