Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was poised to declare victory over Daesh (ISIS) in Mosul on Monday as only a few dozen militants put up resistance in the city where their leader declared a "caliphate" three years ago. Gunfire and explosions could be heard as the U.S.-led coalition...

A 10-week cholera epidemic has now infected more than 300,000 people in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday, a health disaster on top of war, economic collapse and near-famine in the impoverished country. "Disturbing. We're at 300k+ suspected cases with...

 Prominent Palestinian activist Issa Amro went on trial in an Israeli military court Sunday on accusations of inciting violence, charges rights groups call a bid to silence him. The trial began at the Ofer military court in the occupied West Bank, but was adjourned until Oct. 22 after...

Egyptian and Palestinian leaders have met amid signs of a rapprochement between Cairo and the Islamic militant Hamas group that could shake up Gaza's political landscape and sideline the Palestinian president. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt's Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi met Sunday....