LONDON (AP) — Russia halted an unprecedented wartime deal on Monday that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Sunday that Moscow has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster munitions, and warned that Russia “reserves the right to take reciprocal action” if Ukraine uses the controversial weapons. In his first comments on the delivery of...

KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — The little village of Ghajar has been a sore point between Israel and Lebanon for years, split in two by the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. But after a long period of calm, the dispute has begun to heat up again. Israel has been...

Iran on Thursday executed two people for killing a policeman in Isfahan province, south of the capital Tehran. Judicial official Mesud Mesudifer said that the two men – Kaidi Neseb and Muhammedi Beram – were found guilty of killing policeman Ehsan Nasiri in the Lenjan district in Isfahan in...

BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion near Lebanon’s border with Israel slightly wounded at least three members of the militant Hezbollah group, a Lebanese security official said, raising tensions in the area. The three Hezbollah members were taken to a hospital near the scene of the explosion in the...

LONDON (AP) — Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country's Black Sea ports and food exports dwindling. Turkey and the...

The chief of the NATO alliance on Tuesday said he is confident the agreement reached between Türkiye and Sweden is a "lasting" deal, along with the commitments made by Sweden paving the way to its NATO accession. "I'm absolutely confident that both Sweden and Türkiye will adhere to the...

BEIRUT (AP) — The commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force deployed on the tense Lebanon-Israel border relayed Monday an Israeli request to remove a tent set up by the militant Hezbollah group in a disputed area. The commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL, Maj. Gen. Aroldo...

(THE CONVERSATION) The Biden administration announced on July 7, 2023, that it would send cluster bombs to Ukraine – a deeply controversial move given the munition is prohibited by more than 120 countries because of risks to civilian populations. The U.S. has been here before. It provided...

BEIRUT (AP) — A gunman opened fire Friday at a mosque in eastern Lebanon, killing one person and wounding several others, the Lebanese army and state news agency said. The reason behind the shooting in the eastern town of Bar Elias was not immediately clear. The Lebanese army issued a...

Russia’s rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it's still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the aborted uprising against military leaders or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it. Instead, a campaign is...

Russia on Tuesday said 134 people were hospitalized after an explosion in Ukraine's Kakhovka dam last month. "According to the updated data, 134 people were hospitalized with various injuries," Russia's state-run TASS news agency reported. At least 48 people were killed, Russia said...

The death toll from a raid by Israeli forces on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin has risen to ten, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry also reported 100 injuries, with 20 people in serious condition. The Palestinian Authority decided Monday to suspend all forms...

Pope Francis has condemned the burning of Islam’s holy book, the Quran, in Sweden. “Any book considered sacred by its authors must be respected out of respect for its believers,” the pope said in an interview with United Arab Emirates newspaper al-Ittihad, published on Monday. "I feel...

More than 600 people were arrested across France on Thursday as protests over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old continued for a third night. Clashes between protesters and police continued in many cities including Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Roubaix, Marseille and Lille. The...

Russia’s president has succeeded in exiling Wagner mercenary head Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief mutiny last week, but the fate of several top generals is still unclear. There were unconfirmed reports that one of them with ties to Prigozhin has been arrested and another was mysteriously...

Eight lawmakers from the Gaza Strip have lodged a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC), urging Israel to lift a blockade and provide financial compensation to those impacted by it. In a statement, Ahmed Bahr, the deputy chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Monday reiterated his position on protecting the Palestinian people and cause against conspiracies. Speaking before Jordanian officials, King Abdullah said that Jordan will continue to stand by the Palestinians to help and protect them and to work against the...

The greatest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power fizzled out after the rebellious mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow abruptly reached a deal with the Kremlin to go into exile and sounded the retreat. The brief revolt,...

The head of the private military contractor Wagner called Friday for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister. Russian security services reacted immediately by opening a criminal investigation into Yevgeny Prigozhin. He has previously bashed the country's military...