Palestinian militants fired 12 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip overnight, nine of which were intercepted, and Israel responded with three airstrikes on targets linked to the territory's Hamas rulers, the Israeli military said early Friday. It was the most serious exchange of fire...

The Saudi-led coalition Thursday evening intercepted a missile and an explosive-laden drone launched by Yemen's Houthi group towards the kingdom's southern region close to the Yemeni border, Saudi state TV reported Friday. Yemen has been locked in conflict since 2014 when the Iran-aligned...

Human rights monitors sounded the alarm over a recent spike in assassinations targeting civil rights activists in Iraq's south Thursday, ahead of a much anticipated meeting between the prime minister and the US president as part of ongoing strategic talks. Mustafa al-Kadhimi departed for an...

Israeli soldiers fired at Palestinians who were to believed to be preparing to attack Israeli cars in the occupied West Bank Thursday, the military said, and Palestinian officials said a Palestinian teenager was killed. A military spokeswoman said members of a "terrorist squad" were hit by...