Iraqi authorities Tuesday reopened a bridge in central Baghdad leading to the high-security Green Zone, in a sign of easing tensions a year after the launch of an anti-government protest movement. The fragility of the return to normal, however, was underlined by the killing of a prominent...

 Cristiano Ronaldo remains uncertain to take on Lionel Messi's Barcelona Wednesday as he recovers from coronavirus, Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo said on the eve of the match in Turin. Ronaldo tested positive for Covid-19 two weeks ago while playing with Portugal, and has been in...

Israel is set to approve construction of Jewish settler homes in a flashpoint area of the West Bank city of Hebron for the first time since 2002, the anti-occupation group Peace Now said Tuesday. It condemned what it called an attempt to "squeeze in" the approvals before next week's US...

The Armenian army opened fire on Azerbaijani soldiers and settlements in blatant violation of a US-brokered cease-fire, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry statement said that clashes continue in the Hocavend and Fuzuli border regions as well as in the city of Gubadli....