Israel freed Thursday a senior leader of Hamas in the West Bank after imprisoning him without trial for 16 months, his son said. Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of the Palestinian Islamist group, was arrested on April 2 last year at his home near Ramallah in the occupied territory. "He is...

Two civilians were killed in a bomb attack in the northern Ras Alayn region near the Turkish border, local security sources said Thursday. A car bomb detonated near the local assembly building in the center of Ras al-Ayn (Kobani), a city near the Turkish border, also wounding seven...

President Hassan Rouhani's recent announcement that 25 million Iranians may have been infected with the coronavirus, a figure drastically higher than the country's official tally, has left many perplexed and fearful. The shock statement came five months after Iran announced its first...

The Israeli military said Thursday it was reinforcing the country's northern border with infantry troops "in accordance with the situational assessment." The announcement comes after Hezbollah threatened to retaliate for a strike earlier this week that killed one of its fighters near...