Middle East

Hamas handed Agam Berger over to Israel, the first of eight hostages expected to be released from Gaza on Thursday. In exchange, Israel is set to release 110 Palestinian prisoners,...

Turkey is launching a diplomatic effort to restart energy negotiations with the European Union, eyeing the prospect of becoming a major supplier of natural gas, after previous discussions were derailed...

DAVOS, Switzerland — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took aim at Europe in a fiery speech delivered at the World Economic Forum on Monday, saying the continent “needs to step up”...

The Gaza cease-fire deal hangs in the balance as Hamas begins releasing the names of hostages it will free after Israel continued military attacks Sunday morning, saying the militant group...

The owner of a hotel in Orlando’s tourist district has reached an agreement with the Justice Department after the agency sued alleging discrimination when the resort canceled a planned conference...

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. WASHINGTON — “Is that a joke?” That was U.S. President Joe Biden’s response when asked whether it was him or President-elect Donald...

A long-awaited hostage-release and cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza will be voted on this weekend, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced Friday. Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli...

Officials from the U.S. and Qatar say they’ve reached an agreeable ceasefire for Israel and Hamas, potentially ending more than 15 months of war that’s killed more than 46,000 Palestinians...

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.  Freed from the Assad family and its apparatus of cruel repression, Syrians remain euphoric about the sudden collapse of a regime that...

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told Donald Trump only Greenland should decide on its future, standing her ground following the American’s public coveting of the Danish overseas territory. The United...