Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the country’s health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have exchanged fire for over a year in...

Vice President Kamala Harris called on her supporters Wednesday to accept her electoral defeat, vowing to engage in a "peaceful transfer of power" after President-elect Donald Trump secured a second White House term. Harris acknowledged the deep disappointment being felt by many of her...

The leader of the far-right Freedom Party in the Dutch parliament has called on the government to seek to strengthen diplomatic relations with the Bashar al-Assad regime in order to facilitate the return of Syrian refugees to areas it considers "safe" in Syria, according to the website of...

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him on winning the presidential election, according to Saudi state news agency SPA. During the call, MBS “expressed the Kingdom’s aspiration to strengthen the historical...