Follow NBC News' live coverage as Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire deal to halt the Gaza war and release hostages, while ...

Brett Holmgren got woken up early on New Year’s Day by alerts that a driver had plowed into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans.

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups met in northern Iraq on Thursday in an apparent step toward reconciliation ...

With his far-right coalition partners refusing to end the war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may soon have to choose ...

Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones ...

What began as a battle between Israel and Hamas morphed into a much wider regional conflict that has reshaped much of the ...

When I talked with Israeli national-security officials last year, the most realistic of them spoke of Gaza’s future as ...

In Syria's western desert, Maree Al Shehab had given up hope of seeing his home city of Palmyra again, still less showing his ...

The deal, mediated by the United States, offered a glimmer of hope in a conflict that has taken an immense human toll.

In the aftermath of the ISIS-inspired terror attack committed by a man who plowed his truck through a crowd of New Year’s Eve ...

The deal is set to pause fighting in Gaza for six weeks as well as lead to the release of 33 hostages and hundreds of ...

Why did it take so long to reach an agreement? How will aid get to Gazans in need? These are just some of the issues left ...