Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet winning the Nobel Peace Prize is a breath of fresh air for a fragile emerging democracy facing serious security issues that threaten its economy. The prize comes nearly five years after a desperate Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire,...

The southern German state of Bavaria on Friday threatened to take unilateral measures to halt the flow of refugees to its towns. Calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel to limit refugee numbers, Bavarian Premier Horst Seehofer challenged the open-door policy of Merkel’s government and said...

A week of violence between Israelis and Palestinians spread to the Gaza Strip Friday, with Israeli troops killing six in clashes on the border and Islamist movement Hamas calling for more unrest. A fresh wave of stabbings also hit Israel and the West Bank, including a revenge attack...

Russia's military intervention in the Syrian war has all but destroyed a deal agreed last month to halt fighting between warring sides in two areas of the west, unpicking a rare success for foreign-backed diplomacy in the four-year-long conflict. Implementation of the deal agreed with U.N. help...