Senior Russian official stands by Tehran's claim that US drone was shot down in Iranian airspace, defends rights of foreign troops to remain in Syria despite Israeli opposition

UN delegation reportedly arrives in Gaza for talks with terror group's leaders, as wildfires ignited by airborne incendiary devices scorch south

After a single day on the job, Mark Esper to meet with fellow NATO defense ministers as US seeks to enlist countries to counter threats to shipping in Persian Gulf

President tells Cairo's ambassador he wants to meet his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi

55 days after police arrested him for alleged sexual assault of 7-year-old Israeli girl, Mahmoud Qadusa walks out of prison due to lack of evidence against him

55 days after police arrested him for alleged sexual assault of 7-year-old Israeli girl, Mahmoud Qadusa says: 'I was always telling them, I’m not that person'

Marc Schneier, a member of the kingdom's delegation to the US-led workshop, says Manama and Jerusalem may normalize relations by the end of 2019, but only if there's a peace deal

Cybereason says hackers focused on people working in government, law enforcement and politics, gathering private data over a number of years

Turkish president declares purchase of Russian air defense missile system, which has angered Washington, is 'directly related to our sovereignty'

Tehran's downing of a sophisticated US drone - albeit a large, slow one - shows it knows how to use its missile systems, though it still lags far behind US capabilities