Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president in a defiant speech Wednesday before masses of anti-government demonstrators who took to the streets to demand President Nicolas Maduro’s resignation. Guaido immediately drew recognition from the Trump...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blocked millions in Qatari aid to the Gaza Strip in response to renewed border hostilities, risking increased tensions with the Palestinian territory's Islamist rulers Hamas during Israel's election campaign. Weeks of relative calm in the Gaza...

Hundreds of Palestinians on Wednesday laid to rest a Hamas member killed in an Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip a day earlier.  Mahmoud al-Nabahin, 24, was martyred in Israeli airstrikes that targeted a Hamas post in central Gaza Strip on Tuesday.  Mourners chanted slogans...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir left Tuesday for a two-day visit to Qatar, state media reported, in what is his first trip abroad since nationwide protests against his rule erupted last month. Bashir was scheduled to meet top officials in Qatar, including its ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin...