Obama administration's impotence and failure to bring any sort of resolution to Syrian civil war or to curb ISIS significantly, has allowed Putin to take initiative.

Freshwater pools, which ultra-Orthodox men are increasingly using as ritual baths, are the next arena in the battle over exclusion of women in the capital.

AP had quoted Egyptian president as advocating the expansion of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, but spokesman says no expansion before Israeli-Palestinian peace.

U.S. official says two leaders worked through a lot of issues, yet still fundamentally disagree on Assad's role in resolving Syrian conflict.

A volunteer police officer says he spotted the suspect, an Eritrean citizen, assaulting the woman.

On the first day of the UN General Assembly, Iran failed to draw international leaders' attention and the issue of a Palestinian state was barely mentioned.

Greeting marks first handshake between a U.S. president and senior Iranian official since 1979 Islamic Revolution.

In the August incident, three migrants were wounded at the fence separating Israel from Egypt.