- The city of Jenin and its adjacent refugee camp are a regular site of confrontations between Israeli forces and Palestinian...
Israeli army said its forces had struck a joint operations center, which it claimed served as a command post for the "Jenin Brigade", a local militant group
The army said the early Monday operation had targeted an "observation and reconnaissance" site, as well as a weapons storage facility
- DUBAI, UAE- Dubai Customs has assisted Japanese customs authorities in intercepting a significant quantity of illicit drugs. Up to 700...
Up to 700 kilograms of "methamphetamine" powder, worth $310 million, were concealed within a cargo ship.
The successful operation led to the apprehension of both the cargo ship and the illegal drugs at Tokyo Port.
- Exhibitions are also scheduled to take place on Saturday in the north and center of the Gaza Strip, where people...
Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades mingled with young men and women at the exhibition in Gaza City's Unknown Soldier's Square
Among the Hamas weapons on display in Gaza City on Friday were a range of locally manufactured missiles, "Shihab" drones
- Israel has approved buying a third squadron of advanced F-35 fighter jets manufactured by Lockheed Martin in a $3-billion deal,...
In May 2018, Israel's military said it had become the first country to use F-35s in combat.
The deal to purchase 25 F-35 jets- expected to be signed in coming months - will expand the country's fleet of the aircraft to 75.
- The Saudi Arabia-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation called for collective measures to avoid future Quran burnings, days after a copy...
The OIC urged member states to "take unified and collective measures to prevent the recurrence of incidents of desecration of copies of the" Quran.
The burning of the holy book coincided with the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday and the end of the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
- Protesters, mostly minors, have torched cars, damaged infrastructure and clashed with police in an outpouring of rage since an officer...
The interior ministry said police had made 719 arrests overnight -- still a provisional tally -- after around 1,300 the previous night.
Some 45,000 police had been deployed across France, the same number as the night before, and backup was dispatched to the previous days' flashpoints, including Lyon,
- France has been rocked by a major wave of violent street protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a...
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani on Twitter also urged Iranian citizens to "refrain from making unnecessary trips to France"
The unrest in France has made headlines in newspapers in the Islamic republic, which was hit last year by nationwide protests
- The demonstrators have kept up the pressure with weekly rallies against Netanyahu, who returned to power last December at the...
As they have done every Saturday for months, protesters thronged Tel Aviv to demonstrate against the government's judicial overhaul proposa
In March, as the mass protests were backed by sweeping industrial action, Netanyahu announced a "pause" to allow for talks on the reforms
- Citing a military source, Syrian state news agency SANA said that Israel carried out air strikes near the government-held city...
Quoting a source, SANA said Syrian air defenses intercepted some missiles, adding that there were some "material" losses
The targeted area, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor, was a Hezbollah stronghold housing arms depots
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that his visit to Kyiv on the first day of Spain's EU presidency showed...
Ukraine applied for EU membership just five days after Russia's invasion on February 24, 2022.
It is hoping to begin formal negotiations this year on what it needs to do to firm up its membership bid.





















