Russia will grant $10 million in financial aid for Palestinian refugees, a Russian official said on Tuesday. Konstantin Kosachev, who heads Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee, promised both financial and political support for Palestine in...

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration's restrictions on transgender military service to take effect while arguments in the case proceed. The 5-4 split saw the court's five conservative justice uniting in favor of allowing President Donald Trump's effort to ban openly...

Armed robbers held up a bank off Paris' famous Champs-Elysees avenue Tuesday, tying up employees for hours and breaking into safety deposit boxes, police said. The daring raid saw several men rush into Milleis bank at opening time, tie up employees, and spray them with a mysterious liquid...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to deliver a “crushing” blow to all who might seek Israel’s destruction, according to an official statement.  “Let our enemies know that Israel's crushing fist will reach all those who seek our destruction,” Netanyahu...

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday defended Malaysia's ban on Israeli athletes, likening it to US President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. Malaysia sparked a row with Israel after saying it would not allow Israeli swimmers to compete in a tournament...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir left Tuesday for a two-day visit to Qatar, state media reported, in what is his first trip abroad since nationwide protests against his rule erupted last month. Bashir was scheduled to meet top officials in Qatar, including its ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin...

Italy's far-right Interior Minister worsened already strained relations between Rome and Paris on Tuesday, saying he hoped the French could soon free themselves of a "terrible president", centrist Emmanuel Macron. "I hope that the French will be able to free themselves from a terrible...

A Belarusian escort who claimed she had proof of Russian collusion with Donald Trump's election campaign was freed from a Russian jail on Tuesday following her arrest last week, lawyers said. Anastasia Vashukevich, also known as Nastya Rybka, was arrested alongside Alexander Kirillov, a...

A car bomb exploded Tuesday in the Syrian regime's coastal stronghold of Latakia, killing one person and wounding four others, state news agency SANA reported. "Initial reports indicate that a car bomb exploded and that the driver was killed while four other people were wounded," SANA said,...

At least five members of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group were killed in a “shootout” with Egyptian security forces, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday. According to a ministry statement, the five slain Brotherhood members had been “planning to carry out a series of terrorist...

A British national and a Greek army sergeant were arrested Sunday on charges of espionage in a military area in Greece on the border with Turkey, local media reported on Tuesday. They were taking photos when they were arrested in a restricted military area near the town of Bosna. ...

Hamas on Tuesday decried calls by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) to hold Palestinian legislative polls “as soon as possible”, saying such calls were “in violation of past [Hamas-Fatah] reconciliation agreements”. “All the Palestinian factions have agreed to hold presidential,...

More than 13,200 people have benefited from the amnesty law over the past six months, local media reported. The amnesty law which was promulgated by the Ethiopian parliament on July 20, 2018 for six months expired on Monday. “More than 13,200 individuals benefitted from the edict in the...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Tuesday approved a second limited reshuffle in Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz’s cabinet, according to a statement issued by the Jordanian Royal Court.  The reshuffle includes naming new ministers for education and tourism, the two portfolios that had...

Palestinian inmates at the Israel-run Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank have vowed to “escalate” their protest activities following an assault by prison guards. In a press statement released Monday, inmates called on international rights groups “to shoulder their humanitarian, moral and...

Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday "strongly" condemned a terror attack that was perpetrated in the Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan earlier on Monday. "We strongly condemn this terror attack. We wish Allah’s mercy upon those who lost their lives, wish speedy recovery to the wounded...

A Palestinian attacked Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank late Monday before being shot and "neutralised," the army said, with Palestinian officials reporting the man had died. The Israeli army said the knife-wielding assailant had arrived in a car from Nablus and tried to stab a...

Up to 20 people were presumed dead off Russia-annexed Crimea in the Black Sea after a fire engulfed two ships sailing under the Tanzanian flag, authorities said Tuesday. The fire broke out when one vessel was transferring fuel to the other on Monday, driving both crews to jump overboard....

The U.S.-led coalition has called for “further cooperation” between the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the fight against the Daesh terrorist group.  This came in a meeting held on Monday between U.S. Brigadier General Austin Renforth and Kurdish Regional Security Council...

Analysts expect the European Central Bank to acknowledge growing risks to the eurozone economy Thursday while sticking to its patient course, kicking off a year that could see the Frankfurt institution mostly marking time. The central bank is caught at an intermediate stage of withdrawing...