(Reuters) -  France  plans to start discussions with partners in the "coming weeks" on aUnited Nations Security Council resolution to lay out the parameters for ending the Middle East conflict, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday. "I hope that the...

(Reuters) -  Israel  said on Friday it would release millions of dollars of tax income to the Palestinian Authority, three months after freezing the payments in protest at unilateral Palestinian moves towards statehood. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the funds...

  Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan said that Iran's efforts to dominate the Middle East is intolerable and the their efforts have been disturbing countries such as Saudi Arabia and Gulf states in the region. In a press conference on...

(Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition has received orders to start carrying out strikes in support of Iraqi operations against Islamic State fighters in the city of Tikrit and operations are underway, a U.S. defense official told Reuters on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity....