Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden in a statement that indicated the Palestinian leadership would drop its three-year political boycott of the White House. "I congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his victory as President of the United...

The announcement Saturday that Democratic challenger Joe Biden beat incumbent Republican Donald Trump in the hotly contested US presidential election has drawn mixed reactions in Iran.  Soon after US media declared Biden the winner, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei took to...

Iraqi security forces opened fire during clashes with hundreds of protesters in the southern city of Basra on Friday, killing one demonstrator and wounding several others as tensions flared once again, hospital officials said. The clashes erupted after some of the protesters tried to set up...

Palestinian political prisoner Maher al-Akhras has said he will cease his months-long hunger strike after Israeli authorities agreed to release him at the end of the month. Akhras, 49, will suspend his hunger strike after 103 days pending his release from prison on November 26, Qaddoura...