A group of Gazans were allowed to farm their land near the border with Israel for the first time since 2006 Monday after a deal agreed with Israeli authorities. The deal, brokered by the International Committee of the Red Cross, saw around a dozen farmers set foot on land they had...

Iranian authorities have granted limited visiting rights to reformist leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, under house arrest following protests sparked by a contested 2009 election, two media outlets reported Monday. Mousavi, 75, his wife Zahra Rahnavard and fellow reformist Mehdi...

 A hospital in Gaza stopped services Monday after it ran out of fuel, the health ministry said, in a further example of a severe electricity shortage facing the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Beit Hanoun hospital in northern Gaza had "suspended medical services because of the...

Schools, clinics and food distribution centers in the Gaza Strip were closed Monday due to a one-day strike by the 13,000 employees of the United Nations agency that serves the Palestinians. The Palestinian employees have been angered by a U.S. decision to cut its annual...