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Israel said its aircraft struck dozens of Syrian military targets in Syria on Wednesday in retaliation for rockets fired towards Israel a day earlier. Syrian state media reported two civilians were killed and several others injured in the attacks but said Syria’s air defenses destroyed most of the missiles fired …

US troops have abducted two Syrians from their home in the northeastern Hasakah province, the Al-Ikhbariya television channel said Tuesday. US forces were deployed from a helicopter straight onto a house in the province’s south and detained two brothers, the broadcaster claimed. There was no immediate information on who the …

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that his country no longer considers Israeli settlements “inconsistent with international law” in a shift in foreign policy. The statement puts the United States in contradiction with the broader group of countries as well as UN Security Council resolutions, and comes at …

Two chemistry professors face a strange charge of making a drug in a Arkansas state laboratory, the Washington Post reported. Professor Terry David Batman, 45, and Bradley Allen Rowland, 40, who are studying chemistry at Arkansas’s Henderson State University, were arrested last Friday, the source said. He said they face …

Russia intends to start deliveries of nearly two dozen Su-35E air superiority fighter planes to Egypt between 2020-2021 in a deal worth the equivalent of over $2 billion. US officials have repeatedly warned that the delliveries could lead to sanctions against Cairo. Egypt’s decision to purchase Russian-made fighter aircraft may …

The House began public hearings in the impeachment probe against the president last week, with Trump’s opponents accusing him of illegally pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate potential corruption by the son of former Vice President Joe Biden during his employment with a Ukrainian energy company. President Donald Trump …

Kuwait’s caretaker prime minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak declined to be reappointed as premier in the OPEC oil producer on Monday, rebuffing the offer from the ruling emir after submitting the government’s resignation last week. The cabinet resignation came after lawmakers sought a no-confidence vote against the interior minister over alleged …

Protesters blocking the Georgian parliament building in the center of Tbilisi have been doused with water on Monday as police wearing riot gear were deployed to clear the area and raise the blockade. Massive protests gripped the Georgian capital earlier this week as people took to the streets demanding a …

Lebanon is like a sinking ship that will go under unless action is taken, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was quoted as saying on Monday, referring to the country’s deep economic and political crisis. Berri told visitors that efforts to form a new government were “completely frozen” and awaiting developments at …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has thrown his weight behind a recent government decision to ration gasoline and increase its price. The government decided on Friday to cut gas subsidies to fund support for the poor. Gasoline in Iran still remains among the cheapest in the …

Two Cessna Citation planes collided last Friday at San Antonio International Airport. According to FlightOne, one of the planes had been suspended at the airport since November 5 after arriving from New Orleans, when the second aircraft of the same model accidentally crashed into it.Both planes were on the ground …

The British government and military have been accused of covering up the killing of civilians by British forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. British investigators have found “credible” new evidence of war crimes committed by British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a BBC and Sunday Times investigation with 11 …

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani referred to events in the country over the past three days, saying: “The government’s goal in the livelihood support project is to deliver assistance to middle-income families with low income to society.” “We have only three ways: to raise popular taxes or to export more oil …

Lebanon has slipped into further political uncertainty as a candidate to fill the vacant post of the country’s premiership has decided to halt his bid. Lebanese broadcasters LBCI and al-Jadeed reported on Saturday that Mohammad Safadi had withdrawn his candidacy to be the head of the next Lebanese government. A …

A teenage boy who killed two classmates and wounded three others at a southern California high school on his birthday before shooting himself in the head died on Friday of his wounds in hospital, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office said. “Nathaniel Tennosuke Berhow, 16, a Junior at Saugus High …

The phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart at the center of Congress’ impeachment investigation was “inappropriate,” an aide to Vice President Mike Pence told lawmakers, according to a transcript released on Saturday. Jennifer Williams, a foreign policy aide to Pence who was listening to the …

President Donald Trump on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lower court ruling directing an accounting firm to hand over his financial records to a Democratic-led congressional panel, setting up a major clash between branches of government. Trump turned to the justices after the U.S. Court of …

Israel has carried out fresh air raids on the Gaza Strip in violation of a ceasefire that ended a flare-up marked by dozens of Palestinians killed in bombings and hundreds of rockets launched at Israeli cities. The Al Aqsa TV channel said Israeli warplanes hit an outpost belonging to Hamas …

German authorities have arrested a German citizen accused of being a member of Islamic State upon her return to Germany, federal prosecutors said on Saturday. The woman, identified only as Nasim A., was arrested on Friday evening. A court will determine on Saturday whether she will remain in custody, prosecutors …

French riot police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the country’s capital Paris on the first anniversary of anti-government “yellow vests” demonstrations. Violence erupted on Saturday when police intervened to prevent hundreds of protesters form preparing to march in northwestern Paris and block the city’s ring road. Paris …