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Israel charges Arab woman for joining Nusra Front

  (Hebrew Press)- The Israeli Shin Bet security service last month arrested a 22-year-old Arab Israeli woman suspected of having joined the al-Nusra Front terror group in Syria in March 2018. Rania Shenawi, of the Arab town of Makr, was arrested on May 7 upon her return to...

Trump urges UK to be 'very careful' over Huawei and 5G

US president Donald Trump urged Britain to be "very careful" about involving Chinese tech giant Huawei in its new 5G network, in an interview published Saturday ahead of his state visit to London. Asked about reports that Britain is planning to give the firm a limited role, Trump told the...

Israel attacks Syria over rockets fired at Mount Hermon

The Israeli military attacked Syrian military positions in response to rockets fired from Syria at Mount Hermon in the occupied Golan Heights, the army said Sunday. Two rockets were fired from Syria at Mount Hermon late Saturday, with the army saying in a Sunday statement that one of them...

Iraq condemns eighth French IS member to death

An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced to death an eighth Frenchman for joining the Islamic State group, rejecting his claims he was tortured into confessing. Fodil Tahar Aouidate, 32, first appeared in court on May 27 but a judge delayed his trial to allow for a medical examination. "The...

Clashes erupt at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site

Palestinian worshippers clashed with Israeli police at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Sunday as an Israeli holiday coincided with the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Muslim worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound were angered over Jewish visits to the site holy...

Car Bomb Blast Kills 10, Hurts 20 in Raqqa

Ten people were killed and 20 wounded Saturday in a suicide car bomb attack in Ragqa, a former stronghold of the Islamic State group in north Syria, a rights watchdog said. The explosion killed five civilians and five soldiers of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-Arab alliance...

Sudanese forces surround Khartoum's sit-in area

Forces belong to the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support have surrounded the Nile Street in the capital Khartoum for reportedly implementing a "security plan" around the weeks-long sit-in. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, eyewitnesses said the security forces surrounded the street from the...

Libya sees renewed clashes after week-long hiatus

Armed clashes have been erupted between forces belong to the UN-recognized Government of National Accords (GNA) and those loyal to the Khalifa Haftar. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent, who is close to the scene, the armed clashes were renewed in the axes of Khallet al-Furjan,...

Scores injured in blasts at Russian military plant

Seventy-nine people were injured when several blasts at the explosives plant Kristall shook the central Russian town of Dzerzhinsk on Saturday, the Russian health ministry said. The blasts, around midday (0900 GMT) were heard all over the town of more than 230,000 residents and shock waves...

English fans swarm Madrid ahead of Champions League final

Thousands of English football fans draped in their team's colours gathered in Madrid ahead of Saturday's Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham, many still desperately seeking tickets for the match. In the central Sol square several men held up handmade signs reading "Buy...

Khomeini's legacy looms over Iran 30 years after death

Thirty years ago millions of mourners crowded the streets of Tehran for the funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and today the founder of the Islamic republic remains a guiding figure in Iran. The image of the black-turbaned cleric who brought down the monarchy in 1979 stares out at...