The Israeli government approved a bill allowing the military to call up an additional 400,000 reserve soldiers amid delays in the start of negotiations for the second phase of a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement. Israeli Channel 14 said the decision came amid fears of renewed...

Pope Francis spent Saturday night calmly after a bronchospasm crisis and related deterioration of his breathing he did not experience another crisis and his condition is stabilizing, according to the Vatican. The Vatican issued a statement late Saturday about the condition of the 88-year-old...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the country's military to “prepare to defend” the Druze inhabitants of Jaramana city near Syria’s capital Damascus. This came in a new escalation by Netanyahu's government against the new administration in Syria, which is demanding...

The US Army said Saturday it had killed a top military leader of Hurras al-Din, a Syrian branch of al-Qaeda which announced its dissolution in January. The US Central Command (CENTCOM), in charge of American forces in the Middle East, said in a statement that its forces on February 23...