(Reuters) - Israel's parliament voted on Monday to dissolve itself in preparation for an early general election on March 17, after a crisis set in motion by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of two ministers. The parliament's vote of 93 to 0 formalized a decision to...

(Reuters) - The United Nations children's agency UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children on Monday with as many as 15 million caught in conflicts in Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria , Ukraine and the Palestinian territories. UNICEF Executive...

Turkey is No.1 in the world for the provision of humanitarian aid, according to the 2013 report by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency released on Sunday. Turkey managed $4.3 billion in humanitarian aid sent through its official...

(Reuters) - Six men held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , were flown to Uruguay for resettlement on Sunday, the latest step in a slow-moving push by President Barack Obama's administration to close the facility. The release of four...