Palestine’s Religious Affairs Ministry is urging Arabs and Muslims worldwide to rally to the defense of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque amid calls by Jewish groups to visit the site -- in large numbers -- during the upcoming Jewish Passover holiday. In a Wednesday statement, Religious...

Deposed Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi is being detained in conditions that fail to meet international standards and could lead to his premature death, according to a report released Wednesday by three British lawmakers. Morsi, who has a history of ill-health including diabetes,...

Iraq wants to "keep away" from the U.S.-Iran conflict, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Wednesday. Baghdad wants to maintain a "balance" in its relations with Washington and Tehran, he told an energy conference in Baghdad, explaining that this policy was in Iraq's interest....

A Turkish court Tuesday placed under arrest a German national who was caught seeking to cross Turkey's southern border to fight with a Kurdish militia in Syria, state media said. The man, 28, who has spent four years in the German military, was detained earlier in March seeking to cross...