: Israeli protesters shouted down a group of European diplomats on Monday who were visiting the site of a planned settlement expansion in east Jerusalem that would make it even harder to establish a viable Palestinian state and could anger the incoming US administration. The diplomats went...

Iran confirmed 486 new coronavirus-related fatalities on Monday, taking the nationwide death toll to 41,979, according to the country's Health Ministry. Some 13,053 more people tested positive for the virus over the past 24 hours, pushing the tally up to 775,121, ministry spokeswoman Sima...

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday will focus on plans for reviving a pandemic-battered U.S. economy as he prepares for his new administration, while President Donald Trump vowed to press ahead with long-shot court challenges to the election results. With the number of coronavirus cases...

Mohamed Wahoud, a Syrian bodybuilder and Jordan’s champion, was born in Khalidiya, one of the neighborhoods that revolted against the regime in Homs city. Like many of his peers, the then 12-year old sought refuge in Jordan with his family, carrying a bag of clothes, painful memories of war...