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Netanyahu to meet Putin days before Israel vote

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, just five days ahead of an April 9 Israeli general election, the premier's office said. Netanyahu has held a series of meetings with foreign leaders in the runup to the vote, helping him...

Erdogan party defeated in Istanbul mayoral race

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's conservative party has lost control of Turkey’s biggest city, final tallies showed on Tuesday, sanctioning one of its most serious electoral setbacks in years. On top of its defeat in the capital Ankara, a ruling party stronghold for decades, the ruling AK...

Israel to send 250,000 settlers to occupied Golan

The Israeli government hopes to settle some 250,000 Israelis in the occupied Syrian Golan heights over the next 30 years, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA) reported on Monday. The report comes one week after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a presidential proclamation recognizing...