Israel's government said Friday it was imposing weekend restrictions to limit the spiralling spread of coronavirus in the hope of avoiding a general lockdown further along the line. From 5:00pm Friday restaurants and gyms would be closed until 5:00am Sunday, a joint statement by Prime...

The United States charged Thursday that the EU mission to halt arms shipments to Libya lacked seriousness, sharing Turkey's criticism that the effort is biased. The European Union set up Operation Irini to enforce a UN embargo on sending weapons to war-torn Libya, leading to an incident at...

The United States has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to keep alive the prospect of a Palestinian state as he considers West Bank annexation, a senior official said Thursday. Netanyahu's government had set July 1 as the date when it could begin formally taking over...

US Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced Thursday that borders with Mexico and Canada would remained shut to most travel to stem to spread of the coronavirus for another month to August 20. Confirming reports days earlier from Canada that Washington had renewed the...