Isolated confrontations have intensified over the past week into the sharpest escalation of violence between the two countries in years.

Under the first phase of the new cease-fire deal, all living hostages in Gaza are expected to be released in the next 24 hours in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

A telecommunications blackout and restrictions on social media have further isolated Afghans who rely on the internet as a lifeline.

A telecommunications blackout and restrictions on social media have further isolated Afghans who rely on the internet as a lifeline.

Israel’s advocates fear that its conduct of the war has cost it the support of an entire generation of U.S. voters.

U.S. strikes on boats that President Trump says are drug smugglers have unsettled America’s biggest trading partner, where powerful criminal groups produce and smuggle drugs.

A New York Times investigation points to a coordinated campaign of destruction during last month’s unrest. An official inquiry is underway but answers are growing harder to find.

The Hungarian leader has secured power by keeping control over the news media. Now, a political opponent is starting to show the limits of his tactics.

Long criminalized as the raw material for cocaine, coca is woven into Bolivian life. The government is lobbying the U.N. to ease international restrictions.

President Paul Biya of Cameroon would be nearly 100 years old by the time he completed his eighth term, but he has promised that “the best is still to come.”