Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Nov. 1, said Erbil-based Rudaw TV

'All weapons will have to be under the control of the Palestinian Authority and rule of law,' Palestinian president says

Rainer Weiss among Nobel Prize winners for contributions that proved Einstein right

Reconciliation efforts must account for recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, dismantling Hamas' military wing and cutting ties with Iran, PM says

In 'Dear World,' Bana Alabed writes about her life in war-torn Aleppo and urges Syrian children to keep dreaming

Those arrested are subjected to anal examinations, which rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say amounts to torture.

Egypt's intelligence agency is sending a senior delegation of its own to oversee the discussions and the transfer of government ministries from Hamas to the Palestinian Authority

While desalination plants supply two-thirds of household water use, natural water sources are essential to cover the rest. Two of three are now too dry to use