NPR's Scott Simons speaks to Maha Nassar, a professor at the University of Arizona, about how Palestinians will view the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to the White House next week.

Siegel is the first American to be released as part of this deal. A total of 18 hostages have been released since the ...

Simon Vickers, 50, was convicted of murdering his teenage daughter Scarlett at a U.K. court on Monday, Jan. 27 ...

The King has said the testimony of Holocaust survivors teaches us to “never be a bystander in the face of violence and hate” ...

Those are the immediate reactions of some peacebuilders in the Gaza Strip, the U.S., and elsewhere abroad Wednesday after Israel and the militant group Hamas reached a new Gaza ceasefire and host ...

Hamas releases four female Israeli soldiers held captive for more than 15 months. As part of the ceasefire deal, Israel is releasing some 200 Palestinians.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be flying high. Israel’s enemies across the region have been badly weakened during 15 months of war. Israeli hostages have begun to come home ...

Brent traded below $81 a barrel after falling over the past two sessions, while West Texas Intermediate was near $78. Trump is poised to invoke emergency powers in the hours after he’s sworn in as ...

DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM - The Israeli cabinet will meet to give final approval to a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and release of hostages, Prime ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, ushering in an initial six-week period of calm and raising hopes for the release of dozens ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Program, about the Israeli political response to a negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city. Opinion: Great writers on Los Angeles Los Angeles has long been a kind of ...