The Israeli army on late Friday said its jet fighters struck targets of the Hezbollah group in southern Lebanon, shortly after what it said a Hezbollah rocket attack on northern Israel. In a statement, the army said its warplanes hit a Hezbollah rocket launcher in the Lebanese Yaroun town,...

A young Palestinian woman is using music to amplify her homeland's voice amid the rubble of the Gaza Strip which has been devastated by an Israeli military onslaught. Rafah Naser, 19, has been playing guitar and singing songs of resilience and hope to draw global attention to the ongoing...

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — In sweltering temperatures, Muslim pilgrims in Mecca converged on a vast tent camp in the desert on Friday, officially opening  the annual Hajj pilgrimage . Ahead of their trip, they circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site....

DUBAI (AP) — Iran has started up new cascades of advanced centrifuges and plans to install others in the coming weeks after facing criticism over its nuclear program, the United Nations' atomic watchdog said Friday. The U.S. called the moves “nuclear escalations.” Spinning up new...