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Israel settlers reject relocation offer as eviction looms

Residents of a wildcat Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday rejected a proposal to leave voluntarily, raising fears of violence as an evacuation deadline nears. The Amona outpost, home to some 40 families, is under a High Court order to be evacuated by December 25 since it...

Bomber in Istanbul attack came from Syria

One of the two suicide bombers in an attack on an Istanbul soccer stadium last weekend had come from Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. The twin attacks in Istanbul on Saturday - involving a suicide bomber on foot and another in a car - killed 44 people,...

Iraqi gains reveal huge scale of IS arms industry

Factories churning out tens of thousands of munitions and an entire street turned into a conveyor belt for car bombs: advances by Iraqi forces around Mosul have laid bare the scale of the Islamic State group's arms industry. In the more than two years since it seized control over swathes of...

Saudi king defends Yemen intervention in televised address

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has vowed to prevent other nations from intervening in neighboring Yemen, where it has been at war with Iranian-backed Shiite rebels since March 2015. The televised speech at the start of a meeting of his top advisory council on Wednesday included no major policy...