Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday denied reports of a "breakthrough" in talks with Hamas over returning Israeli citizens and bodies of soldiers held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. According to Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, Israel and Hamas were on the brink of an...

Islamic State militants threw themselves into the Tigris on Sunday, trying to flee the battlefield in Mosul as Iraqi forces reached the riverbank, bringing them to the verge of victory. After eight months of combat that has left parts of the city in ruins, killed thousands of civilians and...

Iraqi commanders said Saturday their forces are "tens of meters" away from defeating Daesh (ISIS) in Mosul, a day after a major counterattack by the militants. The Joint Operations Command "our units are still continuing to advance ... Not much is left before our forces reach the...

Two Egyptian policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast late Saturday in the restive Sinai Peninsula, according to the country's interior ministry. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said the device struck a police convoy in the North Sinai city of Arish. Nine riot...