A Palestinian man was martyred Thursday in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The man was shot dead by Israeli soldiers at the northern entrance to the city of Al-Bireh. The reason for the attack is unknown, while the identity of the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and American President Donald Trump spoke over the phone and discussed the U.S. forces’ withdrawal from Syria, a statement said on Thursday. According to the statement issued by Israeli Prime Minister's Office, Trump and Netanyahu also exchanged...

A former diplomat has criticized the new working definition of Islamophobia outlined by a parliamentary group on British Muslims last month. In a report by think tank Policy Exchange, titled ‘Defining Islamophobia’, Sir John Jenkins is critical of the definition and questioned the...

An uneasy calm returned to the battleground Yemeni city of Hodeida on Thursday after further overnight skirmishes, as the warring parties await the promised deployment of UN staff to oversee a hard-won but fragile truce. The ceasefire in the Red Sea port city, which is a vital aid...

Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned Thursday on the heels of President Donald Trump's plans to withdraw troops from Syria, citing irreconcilable policy differences in a move that took Washington by surprise. "Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are...

Saudi Arabia announced Thursday the creation of three new government bodies aimed at improving the country’s intelligence operations in the wake of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which has sparked international outrage. King Salman ordered a restructuring of the intelligence...

Israeli settlers on Thursday vandalized Palestinian vehicles in a suspected “price tag” attack in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a local eyewitness.  “Settlers slashed tires and spray-painted racist slogans on dozens of cars in Jerusalem’s southern Beit Hanina neighborhood,”...

The Israeli State Prosecutor's Office has recommended the indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged bribery in two separate corruption cases, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Wednesday.  Netanyahu will also likely be charged for breach of trust in a third corruption...

An Egyptian court Thursday acquitted 40 NGO workers in the re-trial of a case that has caused tension with the United States. In 2013, 43 Americans, Europeans, Egyptians and other Arabs were sentenced to jail terms ranging from one to five years on charges including operating...

For three years, Mosul's women were covered in black from head to toe and its men had to keep their beards long. Salons were shut, and plastic surgery considered a crime. But more than a year after the Daesh’s (ISIS) ouster, the Iraqi city is flaunting its more fabulous side....

British voters now back a second referendum on the final Brexit deal, a new poll has revealed. The poll by the pro-EU movement Best for Britain and data consultancy group Foculdata shows that all regions of the U.K. now support a People’s Vote. The analysis also shows that...

A survey conducted in France revealed that 65 percent employers support the Yellow Vest protests, a French radio reported Wednesday. The "Opinionway" research company in a survey conducted for Europe 1 radio revealed that 72 percent of business owners were not happy with French...

Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Wednesday announced that talks between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to find a solution to the Gulf crisis are ongoing. During a news conference he held with his Dutch counterpart Steve Block in...

The World Food Program announced Wednesday cuts in food aid affecting about 190,000 impoverished Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank – half of all its recipients there, citing a severe funding shortfall. The U.N. agency said it would, as of Jan. 1, suspend food assistance to 27,000...

The Arab coalition fighting on the side of Yemen's government said it launched an airstrike Wednesday at the airport in the rebel-held capital Sanaa, destroying a drone. It is the first airstrike that the alliance has confirmed carrying out since a ceasefire was agreed at peace talks in...

The European Union is investigating a possible leak of information after a report that hackers targeted the bloc’s diplomatic communications for several years.  “We are aware of the allegations and actively investigating the issue,” said the bloc in a statement.  “The...

At least 26 elephants died, 11 others are suspected to have been poisoned in a wildlife reserve in southwestern Kenya in three months, a new report revealed on Wednesday. Released by the Mara Elephant Project (MEP), the report said the cause of the deaths in the Maasai Mara National...

The Saudi government has allocated 17.3 percent of its 2019 budget for military spending, according to figures released Wednesday. Released by the Saudi Finance Ministry on Tuesday, the budget calls for $51 billion -- 17.3 percent of the total -- to be allocated for military spending,...

The European Commission, European Parliament and the European Council agreed Wednesday on the Clean Energy for All Europeans package that aims to make the electricity market more flexible and facilitate the integration of a greater share of renewable energy while marking the end of coal and...

A bill that would allow Israel to exile families of Palestinians accused of attacking Israelis passed the first reading in Knesset (Israel’s parliament) on Wednesday. In a tumultuous Knesset session, the controversial draft was approved in the first reading by 69-38 votes....