Israeli aircraft struck the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled territory that hit southern Israel, the Israeli military said. The militant rocket landed in open ground and caused no damage or injuries, the army said. No casualties were...

An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday canceled a ruling to list the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organization, judicial sources said, signaling a possible easing of pressure on the Gaza Strip's ruling faction. Hamas welcomed the decision by Egypt, which faces an islamist insurgency...

Tareq Aziz, who served as the voice of Saddam Hussein's government, died in Iraqi hospital Friday aged 79 after years of poor health as a convicted prisoner, a doctor said. "Tareq Aziz arrived at the Hussein Teaching Hospital at 3 pm," Dr Saadi al-Majed, the head of the health department in...

An explosion apparently caused by an electrical fault injured several people at an opposition party rally in Turkey's mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Friday, days before parliamentary elections. Television footage showed people being carried out on stretchers as organizers of the rally...