GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot dead three protesters along the Gaza border on Friday, Gaza medics said, hours after the United Nations human rights chief criticized Israel for using “excessive force” against demonstrators. Israeli troops have killed 41 Palestinians and wounded...

Saudi air defenses on Friday intercepted a “ballistic missile” fired towards the kingdom’s southern Jazan region, according to Saudi television channel Al-Ekhbariya. “Air defenses intercepted a missile fired towards Jazan by Yemen’s Houthi militia group,” the broadcaster...

Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo easily received Senate confirmation Thursday to helm the State Department. The 57-42 vote clears the way for Pompeo to assume the post following widespread opposition from Senate Democrats. In all six Democrats voted to confirm Pompeo to be the next...

Syria's southern province of Daraa, which could be the regime's next target after its bloody reprisal of Eastern Ghouta, is the birthplace of the uprising which erupted in 2011. This agricultural region lies south of Damascus and also shares borders with Jordan and the Israeli-occupied...