Politics and religion combined on Sunday to halt much of Israel's train service at the start of its working week. Bowing to demands by ultra-Orthodox partners in the governing coalition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered rail maintenance suspended on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath -...

Thousands of civil servants loyal to firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr went on strike on Sunday in the latest sign of escalation against the Iraqi government.  On Friday, the Shia cleric urged employees -- except for security forces -- to stage a two-day strike on Sunday to pressure...

President Barack Obama said the United States and Russia were working on Sunday to try to finalize a ceasefire in Syria that would allow more deliveries of humanitarian aid in the war-torn country. A deal could be announced as early as Sunday, a senior U.S. State Department official said on...

By Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman al-Wasl) Before sunset on 24 August 2016, groups from the Free Syrian Army, with clear Turkish support, tightened their grip on Jarablus city with that ending the Islamic State’s sole presence in the city for over two years and a half, and its entrenchment in the city...