Relatives and supporters of a Palestinian man held without charge by Israel said he was in critical condition in an Israeli hospital Wednesday following a hunger strike of more than 70 days. Maher al-Akhras, 49, began his hunger strike after he was arrested and placed into administrative...

France will hold a humanitarian aid conference for Lebanon in November, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Wednesday. The conference was initially planned for the end of October. Le Drian also told the French National Assembly that the Lebanon international contact group...

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani Wednesday warned that his country will not tolerate the presence of foreign fighters - "terrorists that Iran has fought for years" - near its northern border, where a conflict is raging between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Rouhani did not elaborate but Armenia...

Palestinians are installing a video surveillance system in a remote village in the occupied West Bank to keep an eye on nearby Israeli settlers who they accuse of frequent attacks. The project's founders hope the closed-circuit television cameras around Kisan, which lies in an area under...