JERUSALEM: Israel’s decades-old exemption from military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews is poised to end today, a divisive move that imperils the coalition government as the...

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s main opposition party yesterday claimed victory in Istanbul and Ankara, with its rising political star emerging from local elections as a serious challenger...

CAIRO: The Islamist group Hamas accused rivals with the Palestinian Authority of sending security officers into northern Gaza under cover of securing aid trucks, the...