Former technology executive Dotan Goshen carefully arranges some melons at the bottom of a crate, followed by courgettes, tomatoes and lettuce. With a smile of satisfaction, he contemplates his "organic basket" ready to be delivered to a customer. Goshen, a graduate of Israel's...

Pope Francis decried the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and prayed they receive "full rights." The pontiff said Sunday there was "sad news about the persecution of the religious minority of our Rohingya brothers." Thousands of Rohingya are trying to flee into Bangladesh after...

Proposed tighter U.S. sanctions on Hezbollah have been altered enough to allay fears of major damage to Lebanon's economy, a sign Washington is taking concerns about Lebanese stability seriously, banking and political sources said. But banking figures told Reuters Lebanese authorities should...

A ceasefire took effect on Sunday in an Islamic State pocket straddling the Syria-Lebanon border, where the jihadists have been fighting the Lebanese army on one front and Hezbollah with the regime army on the other. The Lebanese army announced that a ceasefire in its own offensive took...