Israel scrambled Saturday to contain the fallout from the UN Security Council vote to halt settlements in Palestinian territory after lashing out at US President Barack Obama over the "shameful" resolution. The council passed the measure Friday after the United States abstained, enabling the...

Germany was hunting for possible accomplices of the suspected Berlin truck attacker Saturday, a day after he was killed in a shoot-out with Italian police in Milan. As most of the country readied to celebrate Christmas Eve, Germany's under-pressure authorities said hundreds of investigators...

Two children were killed Friday in a collapse of refugee tents in Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib due to heavy snowfall.  The deaths occured when snow piled up on roofs of 70 tents have caused collapses in a small refugee camp in Haram town in Idlib, according to an Anadolu...

New Zealand said Saturday the U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements should have come as no surprise to the Jewish State, after Israel retaliated by recalling its ambassador to Wellington. New Zealand co-sponsored the resolution which described the settlements in the...