“The explosion was significant, as you can see … the police department, its federal partners - the FBI and ATF - are conducting a large-scale investigation to this point," said Don Aaron, Nashville police spokesman. "We do believe that the explosion was an intentional act." A motive for the...

Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes in the blockaded Gaza Strip, local sources said early Saturday. Sources in Gaza said the air force hit the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza and the Deir al-Balah region. A children's hospital, a residential area and a rehabilitation center...

Lebanon registered 14 new coronavirus-related deaths and 2,136 cases Friday, as Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hasan announced that one new registered coronavirus case on a flight from Britain carried the new variant of the virus.

Nationwide demonstrations continued Friday in Armenia with protestors demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan who admitted defeat following a conflict with Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.  Protests shut down traffic on avenues in Yerevan, including the...

Although it has been three years since Iraq was purged from Daesh/ISIS terrorists, attacks by the terrorist group continue in rural areas of the northern Kirkuk province. In June 2014, the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group captured Mosul, Salahuddin, and Anbar provinces as well as parts of the...

Bahrain on Thursday rejected a letter sent by Qatar to the UN Security Council on an alleged violation of its airspace by four Bahraini fighter jets.  “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain affirms that the Qatari authorities’ claim that four fighters from the Royal...

BEIRUT: Israeli missile strikes on Syria killed at least six Iran-backed fighters Friday, an anti-regime war monitor said. The dead were all foreign paramilitaries fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad's forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Right said. The missiles, which...

JERUSALEM The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the already strenuous situation in occupied East Jerusalem in 2020, according to Palestinian officials, making it one of the most difficult years for the city since its occupation in 1967.  In separate interviews with Anadolu...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four people have been arrested in connection with the 2018 crash of a helicopter that killed a central Mexican governor and her husband — who had preceded her as governor — authorities said Friday. The Agusta 109 helicopter crashed in flames 10 minutes after takeoff on...

A bomb planted by YPG/PKK terrorists exploded inside a house in northwestern Syria on Thursday leaving two civilians dead. The explosion occurred in a village which is located on the frontline between the Syrian National Army (SNA) and YPG/PKK terrorist organization in Tel Abyad province....

Turkey and Israel, once allies, have had a bitter falling out in recent years. Ankara has repeatedly condemned Israel's occupation in the West Bank and its treatment of Palestinians. It has also criticised recent U.S.-brokered rapprochements between Israel and four Muslim countries....

South Korea has posted its second-highest daily number of coronavirus cases, as outbreaks at a prison, nursing homes and churches continued to grow, prompting the health minister to say the country was at a “crossroads of the third wave”. It comes as more countries restricted entry from the UK...

She may be around 5 or quite possibly older, but she is small. Her little hands are clutching four clear plastic bags. The top one is a goody bag with a handful of small local chocolates. Then there is a coloring book, sliding from between the goody bag and her elbow. Her left hand is working...

 Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades. The coronavirus left almost no one unaffected. Patricia...

The Turkish police arrested a network led by a Syrian citizen in Istanbul over cyber robbery and money laundry, seizing millions of Turkish liras, local newspaper said Friday. According to Sozcu news website, the police have arrested a criminal network, including 13 people and led by a...

 A recreational vehicle parked in the deserted streets of downtown Nashville exploded early Christmas morning, causing widespread communications outages that took down police emergency systems and grounded holiday travel at the city's airport. Police were responding to a report of...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Friday with Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and invited him to visit Israel, Netanyahu’s office said. The two leaders spoke about moving forward with a U.S.-brokered agreement announced earlier this month to normalize bilateral ties, according...

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, as part of a national COVID-19 vaccination plan being implemented by the ministry of health, state news agency SPA reported on Friday.

An explosion shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning, shattering windows, damaging buildings and wounding three people. Authorities said they believed the blast was intentional. The FBI is leading the investigation. Metro Nashville Police Department...

 Curfews, quarantines and even border closings complicated Christmas celebrations Friday for countless people around the globe, but ingenuity, determination and imagination helped keep the day special for many. In South Africa, which is battling a spike in cases and deaths driven by a...