The last couple of weeks have seen daily demonstrations and confrontations between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories. Tensions have risen in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City…
The “War over Water” , also the Battle over Water , refers to a series of confrontations between Israel and its Arab neighbors Nations from November 1964 to May 1967 over control of water sources in the Jordan River drainage basin….
Israel shuts down the al-Aqsa compound in occupied East Jerusalem after security forces kill three armed Palestinians. Two Israeli policemen died after Palestinian gunmen reportedly opened fire near al-Aqsa compound…
A longstanding war of words between Saudi Arabia and its oil and gas-rich neighbor Qatar has just exploded into open diplomatic warfare, threatening the US-led fight against ISIS and setting…
The United States launched a military strike Thursday on a Syrian government airbase in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians earlier in the week. On…
WASHINGTON — President Trump put both political parties on notice Monday that he intends to slash spending on many of the federal government’s most politically sensitive programs — relating to…
Dead Sea Scrolls mystery unfurls as scientists find hidden cave The discovery of yet another cave thought to have contained the historically significant ancient documents also turns up evidence they…
Rome (CNN)Posters of a stern-looking Pope Francis appeared on walls around Rome on Saturday, condemning his actions against some conservative Catholics and asking, “Where is your mercy?” Written in local…
Hong Kong (CNN)Chinese state media has taken aim at Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, after he suggested a more aggressive strategy toward Beijing in the…
MOSCOW — Russian lawmakers on Wednesday moved to decriminalize some forms of domestic battery for first-time offenders who do not do serious physical harm to their victims. Members of the…
ROME — It began as a fight over staffing. Then came a dispute about condoms, followed by papal concerns about Freemasons. Now it has become a full-scale proxy war between…
BRUSSELS — European leaders grappled with the jolting reality of President-elect Donald Trump’s skepticism of the European Union on Monday, saying they might have to stand without the United States at…
The gunman shot his way into Istanbul’s upscale Reina nightclub at around 1:15 am local time (22:15 GMT), just over an hour into the new year, killing a police officer…
Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump top Forbes’ 2016 ‘World’s Most Powerful People’ list There are nearly 7.4 billion humans on planet Earth, but these 74 men and women make the world…
Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday….
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