Russia on Tuesday slammed a planned US-Polish conference on peace and security in the Middle East as "counterproductive" because of its narrow focus on countering Iran. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced plans for the major conference in Warsaw on February 13 and 14 to be...

The French interior minister admitted on Tuesday that four Yellow Vest protesters had suffered heavy eye injuries due to police intervention.  Christophe Castaner told the senate that some of them may lose sight in one eye.  The minister reiterated that 81 investigations had...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that the United States and Russia were not destined to enter a new Cold War but urged Moscow to change course on issues including Ukraine. "It is not the case that we are doomed to a Cold War rivalry," Pompeo told the world's business elite in...

One civilian was killed on Tuesday in an artillery attack by the Syrian regime and Iranian-backed terrorist groups in Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province, according to local sources. The towns of Kafr Zita, Latamnah and Morek -- all located inside Idlib’s de-escalation zone -- were...

Russia will grant $10 million in financial aid for Palestinian refugees, a Russian official said on Tuesday. Konstantin Kosachev, who heads Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee, promised both financial and political support for Palestine in...

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration's restrictions on transgender military service to take effect while arguments in the case proceed. The 5-4 split saw the court's five conservative justice uniting in favor of allowing President Donald Trump's effort to ban openly...

Armed robbers held up a bank off Paris' famous Champs-Elysees avenue Tuesday, tying up employees for hours and breaking into safety deposit boxes, police said. The daring raid saw several men rush into Milleis bank at opening time, tie up employees, and spray them with a mysterious liquid...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to deliver a “crushing” blow to all who might seek Israel’s destruction, according to an official statement.  “Let our enemies know that Israel's crushing fist will reach all those who seek our destruction,” Netanyahu...

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday defended Malaysia's ban on Israeli athletes, likening it to US President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. Malaysia sparked a row with Israel after saying it would not allow Israeli swimmers to compete in a tournament...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir left Tuesday for a two-day visit to Qatar, state media reported, in what is his first trip abroad since nationwide protests against his rule erupted last month. Bashir was scheduled to meet top officials in Qatar, including its ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin...

Italy's far-right Interior Minister worsened already strained relations between Rome and Paris on Tuesday, saying he hoped the French could soon free themselves of a "terrible president", centrist Emmanuel Macron. "I hope that the French will be able to free themselves from a terrible...

A Belarusian escort who claimed she had proof of Russian collusion with Donald Trump's election campaign was freed from a Russian jail on Tuesday following her arrest last week, lawyers said. Anastasia Vashukevich, also known as Nastya Rybka, was arrested alongside Alexander Kirillov, a...

A car bomb exploded Tuesday in the Syrian regime's coastal stronghold of Latakia, killing one person and wounding four others, state news agency SANA reported. "Initial reports indicate that a car bomb exploded and that the driver was killed while four other people were wounded," SANA said,...

At least five members of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group were killed in a “shootout” with Egyptian security forces, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday. According to a ministry statement, the five slain Brotherhood members had been “planning to carry out a series of terrorist...

A British national and a Greek army sergeant were arrested Sunday on charges of espionage in a military area in Greece on the border with Turkey, local media reported on Tuesday. They were taking photos when they were arrested in a restricted military area near the town of Bosna. ...

Hamas on Tuesday decried calls by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) to hold Palestinian legislative polls “as soon as possible”, saying such calls were “in violation of past [Hamas-Fatah] reconciliation agreements”. “All the Palestinian factions have agreed to hold presidential,...

More than 13,200 people have benefited from the amnesty law over the past six months, local media reported. The amnesty law which was promulgated by the Ethiopian parliament on July 20, 2018 for six months expired on Monday. “More than 13,200 individuals benefitted from the edict in the...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Tuesday approved a second limited reshuffle in Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz’s cabinet, according to a statement issued by the Jordanian Royal Court.  The reshuffle includes naming new ministers for education and tourism, the two portfolios that had...

Palestinian inmates at the Israel-run Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank have vowed to “escalate” their protest activities following an assault by prison guards. In a press statement released Monday, inmates called on international rights groups “to shoulder their humanitarian, moral and...

Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday "strongly" condemned a terror attack that was perpetrated in the Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan earlier on Monday. "We strongly condemn this terror attack. We wish Allah’s mercy upon those who lost their lives, wish speedy recovery to the wounded...