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Israeli MPs get backing to discuss Netanyahu immunity

Israeli lawmakers got the backing Sunday of parliament's legal adviser to debate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's immunity request, but the speaker may yet stand in the way. Netanyahu has been charged in three separate corruption cases and his immunity request had been expected to delay...

Calm prevails in Tripoli as cease-fire takes effect

Calm prevailed in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday as a cease-fire called by Turkey and Russia went into effect. The cease-fire took effect at 12 midnight local time [2200GMT] and the decision was celebrated with fireworks in the capital. On Saturday, forces loyal to Libya's...

Syrian regime forces civilians to flee NW Syria

The Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria is forcing civilians in the country’s northwest to flee their houses amid a cease-fire there, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent on the ground on Sunday.  The regime helicopters threw a written statement in the rural areas of the...

US seeking to amplify voices of protest in Iran amid turmoil

The Trump administration tried to amplify voices of dissent in Iran Sunday by suggesting that the Islamic Republic is under internal threat after denying and then admitting it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said street protests in Tehran show that the...