RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Children dead in the English Channel. Morgues full of migrants reaching capacity in Tunisia. Police in Cyprus patrolling off the island nation’s eastern coast to thwart boats loaded with Syrian refugees. With  pivotal June elections for the European Parliament...

Israeli police have defied a magistrate court's ruling regarding the release of Palestinian professor Nadera Shalhoub, who was arrested on Thursday on charges of "incitement." Shalhoub appeared before the court in East Jerusalem after Israeli police requested a seven-day extension of her...

Israeli media reported on Sunday that the Israeli army had withdrawn from the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. “The 98th Division, with its three brigades, withdrew from Khan Younis last night after the end of the operation there after fighting that lasted four months,”...

The Palestinian group Hamas said late Thursday that it presented its comprehensive vision for a cease-fire in Gaza and prisoner swap deal with Israel to Qatari and Egyptian mediators. In a statement, Hamas said its stance involves a cease-fire in Gaza, the delivery of aid, the return of...