A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza appeared to be holding Sunday, ending the most intensive flare-up in violence around the Palestinian enclave since a 2014 war. In a day of fierce fighting Saturday, Israel carried out dozens of air strikes in Gaza, killing two people, and Gaza armed...

Israel's army said it had launched airstrikes targeting Hamas in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, following bloodshed in border protest clashes that saw a Palestinian teenager shot dead and an Israeli soldier injured. The Israeli aerial bombardment came as rockets and mortars were lobbed...

Israel's military said it had fired a missile at a drone that approached from Syria Friday, and a witness on the Syrian side of the frontier said the aircraft had been brought down. The incident occurred two days after an Israeli Patriot missile downed what the Israeli military said was a...

Iraqi police fired into the air to disperse protesters demanding jobs and better public services at one of three demonstrations outside major oil fields in the southern oil hub of Basra Thursday, police sources said. Two protesters were wounded, police and hospital sources said without...