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The two top diplomats’ talks come after the Russian and Syrian presidents discussed the Turkish president’s invitation to hold a three-country...
Mossad chief David Barnea, CIA chief William Burns, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas...
Syria’s relations with the international community are gradually improving amid the ongoing civil war.
A Hamas leader in the West Bank died while in Israeli custody after he was allegedly denied medical treatment.
UAE raises the stakes for PA reform for postwar Gaza
A government-led parliamentary committee this week approved a bill that could result in the mass culling of millions of street dogs, and fury at...
Israeli forces retrieved the bodies of five Israelis held in the Gaza Strip after they were killed during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern...
President Vladimir Putin held talks with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Moscow amid calls for Russian mediation to cool tensions between...
In an unusual effrontery, the first lady accused Turkey of displacing hundreds and destroying large swaths of agricultural areas.
Israeli forces retrieved the remains of five Israelis, killed during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel, whose bodies had been taken to...
Israeli strikes hit Gaza on Thursday, causing deaths and injuries according to Palestinian medical sources, as a group supporting Israeli hostages...
Israeli strikes hit Gaza on Thursday, killing and injuring people according to Palestinian medical sources, as the military said it had recovered...
Iranian authorities on Thursday executed Kurdish man Kamran Sheikheh, the last surviving defendant in a case linked to a Muslim cleric's killing in...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday invoked the annihilation of US adversary Iran in a social media post reminiscent of his...
A constant flow of weapons to the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is fueling the ongoing civil war in Sudan, a...
TEL AVIV — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Wednesday to a joint session of Congress was reminiscent of a presidential State of the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, in Moscow for talks on bilateral ties and the situation in the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House for separate meetings Thursday with President Joe Biden and Vice President...
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China-based company Baosteel announced Thursday it had more than doubled its investment in a steel plate venture in Saudi Arabia to $1 billion....
ANKARA — As Turkey's parliament prepares to discuss a controversial bill aimed at addressing the country's stray dog issue amid widespread fears...
Burgeoning Iraqi soccer star Ali Jasim and 2020 Israeli gold medal winning gymnast Artem Dolgopyat are among the most-known competitors from the...
When a grenade shredded his leg during a hostage rescue mission in Gaza, Israeli soldier Barak wanted to shoot himself to avoid being taken captive...
The US president reportedly urged Netanyahu to accept compromise in negotiations with Hamas in order to end the Gaza conflict amid concerns among...
France winger Moussa Diaby has joined Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad, where he will team up with compatriots Karim Benzema and N'Golo Kante under French...
Joe Biden will press Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to seal a Gaza ceasefire deal, despite the US president's shock election exit threatening to...
On an improvised pitch in war-ravaged Gaza, a young player and goalkeeper block out the boisterous crowd and focus solely on the football as they...
Germany on Wednesday banned the Hamburg Islamic Centre, an association that has been under investigation for several months over its alleged...
A far-right Israeli minister said Wednesday he had prayed at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, yet again defying longstanding rules...
Thousands gathered in Washington on Wednesday to protest Benjamin Netanyahu and call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, as the Israeli...
Two container ships have docked in Yemen's Hodeida harbour, the first since a deadly Israeli strike hit fuel storage tanks at the rebel-held port,...
ANKARA — Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland warned on Wednesday against any deployment of Turkish forces in its maritime zones ahead of...
Former US President Donald Trump expressed his personal thanks to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday evening after receiving a letter...
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demands that armed militants be prevented from traveling from the south to the north of the Gaza...
Turkey’s Central Bank said Wednesday it had returned a $5 billion deposit to Saudi Arabia, the latest move marking Ankara’s economic turnaround...
The Israeli strike on Yemen's port of Hodeida has released hazardous emissions and caused fuel spills, experts said, compounding environmental...
Tension continues to build ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United States Congress on Wednesday. Dozens of...
Tension continues to build ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United States Congress on Wednesday. Dozens of...
ANKARA — Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland warned on Wednesday against any deployment of Turkish forces in its maritime zones ahead of...
Turkey’s Central Bank said Wednesday it had returned a $5 billion deposit to Saudi Arabia, the latest move marking Ankara’s economic turnaround...
TEHRAN — Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned German Ambassador to Tehran Hans-Udo Muzel on Wednesday, hours after his government closed down the...
Bearing flags and posters of hostages, hundreds of Israelis marched along a busy street in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza as...
Thousands of demonstrators marched towards the US Capitol on Wednesday to protest Benjamin Netanyahu and call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US lawmakers Wednesday that his vision for Gaza the day after war with Hamas ends includes a...
Palestinian officials said Israeli troops killed two men, including a customs officer, in separate raids in the West Bank on Wednesday, the latest...
Israel swiftly condemned an agreement brokered by China Tuesday which Beijing said would bring Hamas into a "national reconciliation government"...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver a landmark speech to the US Congress Wednesday, seeking to rally support at a time of...
Palestinian officials said an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday killed five people, including a woman and her daughter, while the...
Palestinian factions, including rivals Hamas and Fatah, signed in Beijing on Tuesday an agreement to end a yearslong rift and form an interim...
For Hamed al-Rafidain, a Saudi human resources worker, an electric vehicle offers welcome savings, especially since his other car is a...
WASHINGTON — The United States has invited Sudan’s warring parties to hold cease-fire talks more than two years after war erupted in the...
British Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary was found guilty on Tuesday of directing a terrorist organization, a move that could land the...
Considered to the left of President Joe Biden on the Gaza war and Israeli policy, Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to adopt a slightly...
CHARCHAKIS, Armenia — Sevdin Khudoyan, a farmer-turned-mechanic, has no doubt about who he is. “I am a Kurd and a Yazidi,” Khudoyan asserted...
Kamala Harris's outspoken stance on the Gaza war hints at a possible shift from Joe Biden's Israel policy as she eyes the Democratic presidential...
Hamas announced Tuesday it had signed an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organisations including rivals Fatah to work together for "...
Hamas announced Tuesday it had signed an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organisations including rivals Fatah to work together for "...
ANKARA — Turkey’s Central Bank kept interest rates steady on Tuesday, following news earlier in July that the country's high inflation was...
In Tunisia's seaside town of Hammamet, bulldozers diligently shovel sand from a nearby desert onto a popular beach in an attempt to stop it from...
Israel's Olympic delegation flew to Paris on Monday as the Palestinian contingent called for banning the Israeli athletes over the war in Gaza. The...
Britain accused Israel of allowing its troops to run "out of control" during a huge military operation in the occupied West Bank two decades ago,...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration resumed negotiations with a senior Iraqi delegation about the future of the roughly 2,500 US troops in...