Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he was still ready to extend stalled peace talks with Israel , as long as it met his long-standing demands to free prisoners and halt building on occupied land. Israel suspended the troubled, U.S.-sponsored negotiations with...

Leaders of the Group of Seven major economies agreed to impose extra sanctions on Russia over its intervention in Ukraine , where armed pro-Moscow separatists detained a group of international observers and accused them of being NATO spies. The United States said its part of...

T he baby-faced boy waited patiently for his turn at the small ice cream shop, his Kalashnikov balanced precariously over his shoulder. The rifle was pointed down and his hand occasionally cupped the muzzle, far from the proper way to carry a gun. He stood just a few inches...

A series of explosions killed 28 people and wounded more than 40 at a Shi'ite political organization's rally in Iraq on Friday, police and medical sources said. The militant group Asaib Ahl Haq (League of the Righteous) was presenting its candidates for elections on April 30 at...