Airbus announced Wednesday that the U.S. government has granted it a license to sell the first 17 airplanes involved in a landmark deal with Iran made possible by last year’s nuclear agreement. The announcement comes as Iranian leaders and U.S. officials are gathered this week in New York...

At least 120 Palestinians in Israeli jails have begun an open-ended hunger strike to demand the release of three fellow prisoners who continue to languish in "administrative dentition", the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s committee on detainees said Tuesday. In a statement, the...

Israeli army announced Tuesday that one of its warplanes had "intercepted" an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the coast of the Gaza Strip. According to an Israeli army statement, the unarmed UAV -- which, it claimed, belonged to Palestinian resistance movement Hamas -- had been under...

Jordan's moderate Islamist opposition could emerge from Tuesday's parliamentary election with renewed influence after surviving government attempts to ban it as part of a wider crackdown on political Islam. The group could win up to a fifth of seats in the parliament after ditching its...