Tel Aviv - Israel's health minister has stepped down from his cabinet position, saying he refused to remain in a government that allows the "desecration" of the Jewish Sabbath with Saturday...

Cairo - Prosecutors in Egypt ordered on Sunday a trial for a lawyer who had called on a TV talk show for raping women who wear ripped jeans.   Last month, lawyer Nabih al-Wahsh said on a private...

Brussels - British Prime Minister Theresa May used a summit in Brussels on Friday to press her European Union counterparts to approve starting trade talks later in December. At the same time, the...

Cairo – At least 235 people were killed on Friday in an attack by suspected militants on a mosque in the volatile Sinai Peninsula, state media reported, one of the deadliest attacks in Egypt in...

Washington - The United States called Friday for negotiations to end the conflict in Yemen and address the humanitarian crisis in country, where two thirds of the population suffers from food...

Vatican City - Pope Francis offered his condolences to the victims of the massacre at a mosque in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula, describing it as a "wanton act of brutality."   "His Holiness...

Istanbul - President Donald Trump pledged that there will be no further weapon deliveries to  the main Syrian Kurdish militia, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Friday....

Geneva ) - Myanmar's Rakhine state is currently not safe enough to allow for the return of Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said, reacting to the...

Manila – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday officially terminated peace talks with communist rebels amid escalating attacks by the guerrillas, his spokesman said.   Duterte signed...