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Hezbollah Leader: Israeli Drones Over Lebanon Will Be Downed

Beirut - The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah said Sunday that his group will confront and shoot down any Israeli drones that enter Lebanese airspace from now on, raising ...

Israeli Court Bars Nationalist Activists From Upcoming Polls

Jerusalem - Israel’s Supreme Court has barred two activists from a hard-line, nationalist party from running in upcoming elections. The court barred Benzi Gopstein, leader of an e...

Iraqi Militia Says New Drone Attack Kills 2

Baghdad - Two unidentified drones killed two Iraqi members of an Iran-backed paramilitary force on Sunday, the group said in a statement, saying the attack took place in Iraq near ...

Israeli Aircraft Strike Hamas Site After Gaza Rocket Fire

Jerusalem - Israeli aircraft carried out multiple strikes on Hamas military positions early Monday in the Gaza Strip after three rockets were launched from the territory into sout...

Johnson Acknowledges Touch And Go Prospects For Brexit Deal

Biarritz - U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Sunday that the prospect of a Brexit deal was “touch and go,” as other European Union capitals grasp the problems Britain ...

Israel Says It Thwarts Imminent Iranian Attack From Syria

Jerusalem - The Israeli military attacked targets near Damascus late Saturday in what it said was a successful effort to thwart an imminent Iranian drone strike on Israel, stepping...

North Korea Tests New ‘Super-Large’ Rocket Launcher

Seoul - North Korea said Sunday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a “newly developed super-large multiple rocket launcher,” another demonstration of the North’s...

68 Arrests Reported At Protest Near G-7 Summit

Biarritz, France - French authorities have detained 68 people taking part in a tense protest near the G-7 summit. The regional administration says those detained are accused of th...

Trump, G-7 Leaders To Open Summit Focused On World Economy

Washington - President Donald Trump and other leaders of the world’s most industrialized nations will open their annual G-7 summit over the weekend by discussing the global economy...

Al Jazeera Anchor Promotes Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory On Twitter

Qatar - An Al Jazeera anchor promoted an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory on Twitter on Thursday. “This Holy Land belongs to Palestinians Because Palestinians are Semitic unlike the...

North Korea Foreign Minister Calls Pompeo ‘Poisonous Plant’

Seoul - North Korea’s foreign minister on Friday called U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a “poisonous plant of American diplomacy” and vowed to “shutter the absurd dream” that s...

Israel’s Arab Parties Leader Says He Would Make History And Join A Center-Left Government Coalition – With Conditions

Jerusalem - The leader of the Joint List of Arab parties said he would join a center-left government after Israeli elections in September, under certain conditions — a move that wo...

Nazi Camp Memorials In Germany Should Offer Tours In Arabic, Jewish Leader Says

Berlin - Concentration camp memorials in Germany should offer tours in Arabic, Germany’s main Jewish leader urged. Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, ...

New Zealand Parliament Speaker Soothes Baby As Debate Rages [VIDEO]

Wellington - The man who presides over New Zealand’s parliament has been called a baby whisperer. He was in action again this week, gently rocking, bottle feeding and burping a co...

Frum Man Rescued By Helicopter, After Getting Lost In Swiss Alps [VIDEO]

Switzerland - A Frum reportedly hiking in the Swiss alps today, when he lost his way. He tried to use a rope to climb down to a lower area, but that only caused him to get stuck o...

Pilots Union Announces Dates For British Airways Strikes

London - British Airways pilots will go on strike for three days next month in a long-running pay dispute with the airline. Pilots’ union Balpa announced Friday that the pilots wi...

Israeli Airstrike In Iraq Is 1st In 4 Decades

Israel - Israel has carried out an airstrike on a weapons depot in Iraq that officials said was being used by Iran to move weapons to Syria, the New York Times reported. The attac...

Canadian Editor Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison For Promoting Holocaust Denial And Rape

Montreal - A Canadian editor was handed a one-year prison sentence for promoting hatred against Jews and women in his publication. James Sears, editor of the quarterly Your Ward N...

Putin Orders Russia To Respond After US Missile Test

Moscow - President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military on Friday to work out a quid pro quo response after the test of a new U.S. missile banned under a now-defunct arms tr...

Spanish City Gathers Descendants Of Jews Named After It

Marchena - In a bid to reconnect with its Jewish history, the city of Marchena in southern Spain organized an international reunion for foreigners named after it. The two-day gath...