Neither Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga nor will any Shia militia will enter the Mosul proper, as Iraqi forces prepare to retake the city, the second in command at the State Department told lawmakers Thursday. Hailing the highly anticipated offensive as the “culmination” of the counter-Daesh...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to pay a rare visit to Jerusalem on Friday to attend the funeral of former Israeli leader Shimon Peres, a Palestinian official said on Thursday. It was not immediately clear if the occasion would yield anything more than handshakes with Israeli Prime...

Congress on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama's veto of legislation allowing relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the first veto override of his presidency, just four months before it ends. The House of Representatives voted 348-77...

While it is difficult to declare a winner, U.S. voters appear to agree Hillary Clinton was not the loser of the first presidential debate. The Democratic nominee and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, took to the stage in New York on Monday night to offer the nation a taste of who they are...