Bridegrooms in the Gaza Strip are finding marriage a path to debtors’ prison rather than to happiness. Wedding celebrations cost around $10,000 in the Palestinian enclave, but a tradition of strong family ties and large gatherings often trumps financial common sense. So with...

Israel launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Sunday in retaliation for projectiles fired from the Palestinian enclave into southern Israel, the army said. Military jets and helicopters struck targets linked to Hamas, the group that controls Gaza, shortly after midnight, with no...

The Arab League Saturday rejected US President Donald Trump's controversial Middle East plan, calling it "unfair" to Palestinians. The pan-Arab bloc said in a statement that it "rejects the US-Israeli 'deal of the century' considering that it does not meet the minimum rights and...

Turkey's president received in Istanbul the political chief of Hamas on Saturday. The closed-door meeting was held between Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh at the Vahdettin Pavilion, lasting one hour and 15 minutes. Erdogan had held a phone call with his...