Saudi Arabia said it intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels near Islam's holiest city, a claim the Houthis denied. Meanwhile, a tanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz. Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Friday. Read our full coverage here...

U. S. -based blockchain intelligence firm TRM said a North Korea hacking unit was likely behind the theft of more than $6 billion on the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. Binance said late on Thursday that approximately $6. 3 billion was impacted, which its founder described as a...

KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A humanitarian convoy for the stricken city of Oleshky has been set up in a nearby town. It includes 25 buses, ambulances and other vehicles for the aid mission due to take place later Friday, a Ukrainian official said. “We are bringing humanitarian aid to the local of...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's final election results confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc lost its majority of parliamentary seats and that weeks of difficult negotiations among very different parties, from ultra-Orthodox Jewish to secular to Arab-led, lie ahead. The results released...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli election results are in, showing the makeup of the country's next parliament but leaving open the question of who will be prime minister. Party leaders will now hold high-stakes negotiations as they try to cobble together a 61-seat coalition in the 120-member as a...