OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel cut ties with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Thursday after accusing it of providing cover for Hamas fighters, a move likely to hamper its vital services after ...

When the mother of one of the Thai hostages held in the Gaza Strip for over a year caught sight of her son on a Facebook ...

But as a new government takes shape in Damascus, Syrians and foreign observers alike worry about how inclusive, representative, and Islamist it may be. The country’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Shara, ...

A natural disaster befell the historic city of Antakya in Turkey, which was badly damaged ... The area has been under intense siege by Israel's military since Oct. 7, 2023 — the day Hamas ...

Arbel Yehoud is achingly close to freedom, but her face is a study of shadow and terror. She is dwarfed by dozens of masked ...

The Israeli prime minister says the military will "return to intense fighting until Hamas is finally defeated" if the ...

Hamas handed captive Israeli soldier Agam Berger over to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, the first of eight hostages set to be released today as part of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip ...

Russia lost a key ally when the Syrian President was ousted by Islamist rebels last month. NPR visited a Russian air base in western Syria to examine how Moscow will fare under Syria's new rulers.

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives ...

Yesterday my wife and I and a friend drove to downtown Springfield for a rally against Trump, organized by Indivisible – a ...

Turkey takes ... under Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Palestinians view those jailed for fighting Israel as resistance heroes. A demonstrator waves Turkish and Palestinian flags during a protest ...