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ICC gives Israel month to seek deferral of war crimes probe

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JERUSALEM — The International Criminal Court said Thursday it has sent formal notices to Israel and the Palestinian Authority about its impending investigation into...

In war-torn Syria, uprising birthplace seethes 10 years on

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BEIRUT — Daraa was an impoverished, neglected provincial city in the farmlands of Syria’s south, an overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim backwater far from the more...

Jailed terrorist Koufodinas ends hunger strike after 66 days

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ATHENS, Greece — Greek convicted terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas has ended a 66-day hunger strike that left him dangerously ill. ...

Israel unveils guided mortar system for future urban warfare

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JERUSALEM — The Israeli Defense Ministry on Sunday said it has completed development of a new guided mortar system, giving the army a formidable...

Man charged in Capitol riot plot to be released from jail

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A man charged with conspiring with members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group in the attack on the U.S. Capitol will be released...

UN urges Somalia to organize elections without delay

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council urged Somalia’s government on Friday to organize elections “without delay” in a resolution that stressed the pressing...

Kenyan police believe man who shot 2 dead was an extremist

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's head of criminal investigations said Friday that police now believe that a man who grabbed a gun from a police...

Iran: Militants attack Revolutionary Guard unit in southeast

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An armed separatist group in Iran’s restive southeast assaulted a vehicle carrying members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard paramilitary force...

Syria reports Israeli missile attack near capital, Damascus

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian air defenses were activated in the capital Damascus and its southern suburbs Sunday night to repel an Israeli missile attack,...

COVID-19 kills former Lebanese militant Anis Naccache

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Anis Naccache, a former pro-Palestinian militant who participated in the 1975 kidnapping of oil ministers in Vienna, died Monday after battling...