Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan man in Barcelona with suspected links to Daesh (ISIS) who they believe was planning a militant attack. The Guardia Civil force said it had arrested the man, described as deeply radicalized, after a joint investigation with security forces in Morocco...

Israel said Friday it would discuss with its closest ally the United States a newspaper report that the U.S.-led peacekeeping force in the Egyptian Sinai may be drawn down, calling its nearly four-decade-old presence "important." U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is pushing to pull out...

Iran urged its citizens to take social distancing "more seriously" on Friday as it announced more than 1,500 new cases of coronavirus infection in the Middle East's hardest-hit country. Since reporting its first cases in mid-February, the Islamic republic has struggled to contain the spread...

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) launched an emergency coronavirus appeal Friday, saying Palestinians across the Middle East were suffering a devastating socio-economic impact. The agency appealed for $93.4 million for the next three months to provide food and cash...