The Israel National Library on Wednesday unveiled a missing batch of Czech Jewish writer Franz Kafka's papers, ending more than a decade of legal wrangling over ownership in Israel and Europe. As he battled with tuberculosis in an Austrian sanitorium, the author of "The Trial" and "The...

Ukraine's new leader said he called Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to urge him to help halt fighting in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he asked the Russian leader to "influence the other side so that they stop killing our people." Zelenskiy's call...

Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Wednesday that talks with the U.S. aimed at averting the need for a Turkish military intervention into northern Syria had been "positive," according to state news agency Anadolu. "We witnessed with satisfaction that our partners grew closer to our...

 Libya's internationally recognized government has allocated 40 million Libyan dinars ($28.5 million) for its defense ministry, it said Tuesday, stepping up spending to fend off an eastern offensive as the war enters a fifth month. The government also granted each of its soldiers 3,000...