The rules are clear in Al-Obaidi in northern Iraq, the only U.N. refugee camp in Iraq operating in territory controlled by ISIS. Women have to cover their faces with a niqab and cannot walk around without a male escort. No alcohol or smoking is allowed. The Internet is forbidden although the...

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Thursday that there must be a political solution to the crisis in Syria. China has repeatedly expressed opposition to the use of force to resolve the crisis in Syria, saying that a political solution was the only way out....

An Israeli paramilitary policeman shot dead a Palestinian who had stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, police and the army said, as a month-long spate of attacks showed no signs of abating. The latest assault, like other recent stabbings, took place in the West Bank city of...

Russia said Wednesday it opposes a draft U.N. resolution on Syria's use of barrel bombs which is being promoted by France, Britain and Spain because it could jeopardize upcoming international talks on how to restore peace to the conflict-wracked country. Britain's U.N. Ambassador Matthew...