Israel on Sunday ruled that it would not release to their families the bodies of Hamas militants killed during attacks on Israelis but would instead bury them, the government said. The decision by the security cabinet followed the release on Saturday by the Palestinian group of video footage...

Iraqi forces have retaken around two thirds of the eastern half of Mosul from ISIS since the start of an offensive in mid-October, a top commander said Sunday. "From east Mosul... more than 60 percent" has been retaken from ISIS, Staff Lieutenant General Abdulwahab al-Saadi, a top commander...

The Lebanese Army arrested Sunday seven suspects in north Lebanon on terror links, state media reported. An army intelligence patrol detained seven Syrian nationals in Zgharta north of Beirut on charges “of communicating with terrorist groups,” the National News Agency said. No...

A gunman shot his way into an Istanbul nightclub packed with New Year's revelers early on Sunday, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 40 in what the provincial governor described as a terrorist attack. The assailant shot a police officer and a civilian as he entered the Reina...