For decades, observers have said that, in the Middle East, change moves at a snail’s pace. That assumption no longer holds.

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz visited southern Lebanon on Wednesday, vowing to destroy infrastructure and keep troops in a so-called "security zone" as well as in Syria and Gaza. The comments ...

Israel on Wednesday carried out its first air strike in more than a week in Gaza, both sides said, breaking a relative lull as the United States pressed a peace plan. The Israeli military said it ...

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, whose market reforms helped drive the country's extraordinary economic rise, died Wednesday at the age of 97. Zhu became premier in 1998 and swiftly lived up to his ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will "keep it." "The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL ...

Dozens of Israeli settlers entered Al-Aqsa Mosque area in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday through the Morocco Gate in several groups, making provocative visits to its courtyards under the protection ...

Argentina superstar and inspiration behind his country's 2022 World Cup victory Lionel Messi said Wednesday he has "serious doubts" about continuing to play football for "much longer" after the death ...

Oil from a vast slick leaking from the grounded tanker Caroline Bezengi is reported to be reaching Oman's mainland, the UN's shipping agency said on Wednesday. "Oil is drifting offshore to the ...

Whoever finds peace forbidding takes his comfort in war; whoever chafes at partnership- even the partnership of sharing the earth- longs to stand alone. Having pleaded for a truce in his hour of ...

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched drone strikes on capital Khartoum and other army-controlled cities on Wednesday, an AFP correspondent, witnesses and an army source said, in ...

The International Energy Agency on Wednesday sharply reduced its forecast for global oil demand this year, as supplies remain crimped by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and high prices deter ...