Middle East
Israel’s LGBT community launched a one-day strike on Sunday, blocking a main thoroughfare in Tel Aviv, in protest over the exclusion of gay men from...
Iran’s Rouhani warns Trump ‘war with Iran mother of all wars’ (Update 2)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday cautioned U.S. President Donald Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran, saying “America should know … war with Iran...
Hundreds of Syrian “White Helmets” evacuated by Israel to Jordan
Jordan said on Sunday that it had allowed the UN to arrange the entry and passage of 800 Syrian civil defence workers whose lives were...
Israel, Hamas agree to restore calm in Gaza Strip -Hamas
Israel and Hamas have agreed to restore calm in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, said...
Israeli soldier, three Palestinian militants, protester killed in Gaza escalation
Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli soldier along the Gaza border on Friday, said the Israeli military, which launched dozens of strikes into Gaza that killed...
Mystery Egypt sarcophagus found not to house Alexander the Great’s remains
Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday dashed local hopes that a newly discovered ancient sarcophagus might contain the remains of Alexander the Great, finding instead the mummies...
Syria’s Assad set to recover Golan frontier as surrender deal agreed
President Bashar al-Assad is set to recover control of the Syrian frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in a major victory over rebels who have...
Israel adopts divisive Jewish nation-state law
Israel passed a law on Thursday to declare that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, something members of the Arab minority...
Iran builds new centrifuge rotor factory
Iran has built a factory that can produce rotors for up to 60 centrifuges a day, the head of its atomic agency said on Wednesday,...
Buses arrive to evacuate two besieged pro-Assad Syrian villages
Dozens of buses reached two Syrian government loyalist villages under siege from insurgents in the northwest, as part of a deal to evacuate residents on...