Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall.

The next White House will most likely inherit the difficult negotiations over the long-term status of American military forces in Iraq as disputes linger over setting...

Iraq’s president promised to reject a draft law paving the way for U.S.-backed provincial elections, saying Wednesday it would worsen sectarian rifts among...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says it’s in the interest of Israeli security to arrive at a lasting peace with the Palestinians.

Iraq’s Kurdish government has denounced a draft law paving the way for U.S.-backed provincial elections and urged the presidential council to reject it.

A Jordanian security official says a Palestinian gunman who shot himself after wounding six people in Jordan’s capital last week has died of his injuries.

Iraq’s parliament pushed through a law Tuesday meant to pave the way for U.S.-backed provincial elections that will redistribute regional power. But the measure...

Gunmen killed a Kurdish journalist near the northern city of Kirkuk, a police official said Tuesday.

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Wednesday, declaring that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are...

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Wednesday, declaring that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are...

Jordan’s king has told Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama that an evenhanded U.S. policy would bolster America’s credibility in the Middle...

Gunmen killed a Kurdish journalist near the northern city of Kirkuk, a police official said Tuesday.

Jordan, Israel and Germany aren’t normally known as swing states in a presidential campaign. But Barack Obama’s off to a fast start in his attempt to change...

Iraq’s parliament passed a law Tuesday meant to pave the way for provincial elections despite a Kurdish boycott, but critics warned it’s unlikely the vote...

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama is vowing to work for a breakthrough in Israel-Palestinian peace negotiations “starting from the minute I’m...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says that security in Iraq has improved but now the country’s needs must be addressed politically and...

A Palestinian rammed a construction truck into three cars and a bus near the Jerusalem hotel where Barack Obama is supposed to stay Tuesday, injuring four people before...

A Palestinian man from east Jerusalem rammed a construction vehicle into three cars and a city bus in downtown Jerusalem near the luxury hotel where presidential...

Israeli rescue services say a tractor driver has been shot dead after going on a rampage in Jerusalem.

An international human rights watchdog is urging Syria to order an independent investigation into the shooting of inmates during a prison riot earlier this month.