The UN Security Council is voting on a resolution that would extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon for a year but reduce its troop ceiling from 15,000 to 13,000 in response to US pressure. The French-drafted resolution also makes another concession to the...

France's prime minister on Thursday laid out a plan for the country's recovery from the novel coronavirus pandemic.  Promising a "strong and rapid response" during the press conference at the prime ministerial residence, Jean Castex detailed the €100 billion ($118 billion) recovery...

 The International Rescue Committee aid group Thursday urged the United Nations to reopen a border crossing into northeast Syria to boost dwindling medical supplies amid rising novel coronavirus cases. The Yarubiya entry point on the Iraqi border was shut in January after a UN Security...

Israel's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a cluster of homes in a Jewish settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank was built on privately owned Palestinian land and must therefore be removed. Accepting a petition by Palestinian plaintiffs, Israel's top court overturned a 2018 District...