(The Daily Star)- A mild earthquake hit the Bekaa Valley in east Lebanon at dawn Friday, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Israeli and Turkish officials have reached a preliminary agreement to normalize relations, including the return of ambassadors to both countries, an Israeli official said on Thursday. The deal was reached during meeting in Switzerland, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity....

Washington is considering how to respond to an Iranian ballistic missile launch that violated U.N. Security Council resolutions, senior U.S. officials said on Thursday, as senators pressed for a strong reaction. "We are now actively considering the appropriate consequences to that...

The Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah said on Thursday that a Saudi-led 34-nation anti-Islamic State coalition was suspicious, and questioned Saudi Arabia's competence to lead it. Hezbollah, which has repeatedly criticized Sunni heavyweight Saudi Arabia over both its military...