Israel on Sunday released an Islamic Jihad leader, Khader Adnan, from jail following a deal last month in which he agreed to end a 56-day hunger strike, Islamic Jihad sources in the West Bank said. Adnan's strike had galvanized Palestinians behind a "battle of empty stomachs" against...

After more than two weeks of marathon negotiations, Iran and six world powers appeared close to a historic nuclear deal that would bring sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on Tehran's atomic program, diplomats said on Sunday. But U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry cautioned...

Fatah Army in the northern province of Idlib has captured a strategic hill near Jisr al-Shughour town on Sunday, a move that makes rebels on the track to overrun Bashar al-Assad's hometown in the coastal region. The alliance of Islamist groups, who has slowed its progress in the last few weeks,...

Skeptical euro zone finance ministers demanded on Saturday that Greece go beyond painful austerity measures accepted by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras if he wants them to open negotiations on a third bailout for his bankrupt country to keep it in the euro. Ministers lined up to...