Egypt has reopened its border with the Gaza Strip in both directions for the first time in months. Thousands of Palestinians are lining up Thursday at the Rafah crossing in hopes of leaving the isolated enclave. Gaza's borders are largely sealed by an Israeli and Egyptian blockade. It's...

 British Tornado jets struck oil fields in eastern Syria on Thursday that help finance the Islamic State group and Germany prepared to send reconnaissance aircraft to the Middle East as coalition forces stepped up efforts to fight the militants. The strikes at the Omar oil field came only...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 25 civilians have been killed on Wednesday in Russian air strikes on rebel-held town northern Aleppo as Moscow steps up air strikes on areas close to the Turkish border in its unstoppable-retaliation to the downed jet, local monitoring group said. The air strikes on...

(AP)- U.S. police say the attackers who killed an estimated 14 people at a Southern California social services center came prepared with long guns. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan declined to say what kind of weapons they used at the Inland Regional Center. Burguan...