Israel's parliament was set Monday to finalize a bill that would legalize dozens of Jewish outposts in the occupied West Bank, despite a U.S. call for restraint. It had initially been uncertain that a vote would take place Monday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said...

The Turkish government has ordered the transfer of billions of dollars in state assets to a sovereign wealth fund, in a huge shake-up of holdings aimed at financing ambitious infrastructure projects championed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The assets being transferred to the sovereign...

(Washington Post)- The rice and chicken were steaming on the stove. The twins chased each other around the apartment and the 2-year-old watched Mickey Mouse on the donated television. Their mother, Fatema Aljasem, 29, sat at the kitchen table with two women from the local synagogue....

Experts from Russia, Turkey, Iran and the United Nations held a technical meeting in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, to discuss in detail the implementation of the Syrian ceasefire agreement, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry said on Monday. "Representatives of Jordan are expected to take part for...