Hamas official says 50 members killed this week on Gaza border
A senior member of Gaza's rulers Hamas said Wednesday that most of the 62 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire during border protests and clashes...
Putin urges ‘renunciation of violence’ after Gaza deaths
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called for an end to the violence on the Gaza border during a telephone conversation with Turkish President...
Amnesty says Europe complicit in Libyan abuse of migrants
An international rights group says European countries share responsibility for hundreds of migrants intercepted by Libyan authorities and sent to "squalid detention centers."
Amnesty International...
Israeli ambassador exits Turkey as Gaza row mounts
Israel's ambassador to Turkey on Wednesday left the country after being ordered out by Ankara in a growing crisis over the killing by Israeli...
Erdogan’s policies driving Turkey to the edge, challenger says
President Tayyip Erdogan is driving Turkey "to the cliff" through ideological politics and a determination to control the central bank, the main opposition party's...
General Qassem Soleimani: Iran’s regional pointman
By some counts the most popular figure in Iran, Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani is also one of the most powerful in the region...
The Latest: Trump, Uzbekistan president talk Afghanistan
The Latest on President Donald Trump's meeting with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the White House (all times local):
12:10 p.m.
President Donald Trump says he...
Philippines’ Duterte orders lifting of labour deployment ban to Kuwait
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Wednesday the "total" lifting of a ban on Filipinos working in Kuwait after the two countries agreed on...
Turkey and Israel expel envoys over Gaza violence
Turkey and Israel expelled each other's senior diplomats on Tuesday in a dispute over the killing by Israeli forces of 60 Palestinians a day...
UN Human Rights Council to meet after Gaza killings
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Friday to discuss "the deteriorating human rights situation" in the Palestinian Territories,...
