As his warplanes attack targets near border, Erdogan says they're eradicating 'threat of terror'; Kurdish spokesman says civilian areas hit, causing 'huge panic'

'USA should never have been in Middle East' president tweets, amid scathing bipartisan criticism for withdrawing forces, and mounting concern in Israel

After threat of suspension by sport's governing body, Tehran relents on decades-old ban for Thursday's World Cup qualifier against Cambodia

John Goodenough, 97, oldest ever laureate, is past winner of Israel's Samson Prize; his father was expert on Judaism in the Hellenistic period

Some 2.6 million birds from close to 200 species are killed annually by illegal hunters as they pass over the country on Israel's northern border

President tweets that he won't allow ambassador to testify before 'a totally compromised kangaroo court;' Schiff calls move further evidence of obstruction of Congress

Canadian-born James Peebles and Swiss star-gazers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz honored for efforts help discover if life exists beyond the Earth

President again warns Turkey over incursion and says US continues to support Kurds, who he called 'special people and wonderful fighters,' with money and arms

Suffering backlash from GOP after enabling attack on US allies, president has warned he'll destroy Ankara's economy if it goes too far

Paying tribute to four Paris police staff slain by radicalized colleague, Macron speaks of need to eradicate distorted version of Islam