A Hamas official says Israel’s delay in the release of some 600 Palestinian prisoners is a “serious violation” of the ceasefire agreement and talks on a second phase of the ...

They included the countryside outside of Damascus, several points in southern Syria and on the border between Syria and Lebanon ... of revenge and collective punishment have been far less ...

President Donald Trump held the first Cabinet meeting of his new term Wednesday morning, and Elon Musk was in attendance, sitting away from the table of secretaries. “We simply cannot sustain as a ...

A "silent genocide" -- mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 -- is occurring eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, as shock greeted the killing of 70 people in a Protestant church in the North ...

Lebanon’s president has ended a visit to Saudi Arabia where he discussed regional affairs with the kingdom’s crown prince ...

Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day Saturday while others opened as usual as observant ...

Residents of southern Lebanon have been gradually returning to their villages to find their homes heavily damaged by the ...

For the first time, U.N. special rapporteurs called on the Japanese government to consider declaring a moratorium on capital punishment. In the past, they focused on human rights issues such as ...

The IDF must demonstrate that even in the face of unspeakable horrors, it remains committed to its principles.

New laws in Florida mandate stiffer criminal penalties for immigrants in the U.S. illegally than for everyone else. That could mean extra years behind bars for misdemeanor crimes and might ...