A senior Turkish official says Sweden and Finland are unlikely to be able to join NATO before June

Israel has sworn in its most religious and right-wing parliament after nearly four years of political deadlock and five elections

Turkish police have carried out a pre-dawn raid in Istanbul and detained a Syrian woman suspected of links to Kurdish militants who allegedly carried out a bomb attack on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul

Turkey's interior minister says police have arrested a suspect who is believed to have planted the bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul

Israel’s president has asked former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government, presenting the longtime leader currently standing trial on corruption charges with the chance to end an era of political instability and elections in Israel with his partners on the far right

A far-right Israeli lawmaker, whose surging popularity helped propel former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power in last week’s general election, has delivered a glowing tribute at a memorial event for an extremist rabbi assassinated in 1990

The leader of a small island nation, Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano, proposed a treaty against fossil fuels as world leaders on Tuesday make the case for tougher action to tackle global warming

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told world leaders that they much cooperate or perish at the annual climate summit in Egypt

Palestinian officials say Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in the West Bank, while Israeli police say a Palestinian was shot dead after stabbing a police officer in east Jerusalem