Thousands of Houston ISD students will take middle-of-year progress exams this week. Here's what to know about January ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s ...

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Negotiators were trying to clinch agreement on Tuesday on the final details of a ceasefire in Gaza after marathon talks in ...

As a result of the determined resilience and ferocious resistance, Netanyahu's promises to free the Israeli captives through military means failed miserably ...

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 17 Palestinians, nearly all of them women or children.

Dog paw and boot prints were found in the snow surrounding the frozen bodies, suggesting the police had left them there ...

Novak Djokovic celebrated a slice of Grand Slam history on his way into the Australian Open third round on Wednesday, but ...

But Google Maps has been causing chaos for some shoppers after pranksters set up a 'phantom' Aldi in the middle of the Welsh countryside. The small village of Cyffylliog has been inundated with an ...

Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to end 15 months of war ...

A historic map of Eretz Israel showing Lake Kinneret and both banks of the Jordan River. The Jordanian Foreign Ministry, known for frequently issuing statements condemning Israel, on Tuesday ...