Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jared Kushner met in Jerusalem on Monday to discuss plans for disarmament and reconstruction in Gaza.

Andrey Klepach, one of Russia’s top economists, has been replaced as the chief economist of the country’s national development bank.

The Trump administration has said the Strait of Hormuz is open for business and oil is flowing. Market trackers suggest a less rosy picture.

A senior member of Russia's liberal Yabloko party was sentenced on Monday to 11 years ​and one month in a penal colony for condemning the war in Ukraine, which he described at his trial as a catastrophe for ‌Russia.

U.S. President Donald Trump has again threatened Oman as Iran says it is working with the Gulf Arab country on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Fully reopening the waterway has been a key U.

The death of a young man with hemophilia days after his arrest has sparked outrage in Syria. He was allegedly beaten by security forces and died shortly after his release from jail. Syrians have

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham communicated with a person posing at U.S. President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles.

Hundreds of people have been killed in the year since the U.S. military began bombing boats it accused of ferrying drugs off Latin America’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts. Now, the Trump administration says it is seeking to extend that