Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced plans to hold legislative elections on May 22 and presidential polls on July 31, for the first time in 15 years. Concerns, however, have been rising that Israel might hinder the vote in the occupied East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians...

The Biden administration on Wednesday paused or put under review a wide swath of Trump-era foreign policies as America’s new top diplomat took the helm of the State Department. The administration placed at least temporarily holds on several big-ticket arms sales to the United Arab...

A 30-year-old protester succumbed to injuries suffered during overnight clashes between security forces and demonstrators

Facebook capped a tumultuous 2020 with soaring earnings in the final quarter, but the company forecast challenges in 2021 that include a coming privacy update by Apple that could limit the social network's ad targeting capabilities. The Apple move drew a rare public rebuke from Facebook CEO...