Posted on:Sunday, October 22, 2023
Fears were mounting Sunday that the Israel-Hamas war will grow into a broader armed conflict in the Middle East, centered around the Jewish nation, with the U.S. and its allies on one side and China and its partner Russia on the other.
Posted on:Thursday, October 19, 2023
A U.S. Navy destroyer intercepted several missiles fired near the coast of Yemen on Thursday, though it is unclear what the missiles were targeting, Pentagon officials said.
Posted on:Thursday, October 19, 2023
A military base in southern Syria where U.S. troops have maintained a presence to train forces as part of a broad campaign against the Islamic State group was attacked by drones on Thursday, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press.
Posted on:Thursday, October 19, 2023
The German chancellor told legislators that Germany’s place was “at the side of Israel” after Hamas attacks killed some 1,400 people in the Jewish nation and a Jewish synagogue was attacked in Berlin.
Posted on:Wednesday, October 18, 2023
The United States is leveling new sanctions against entities and individuals involved in Iran’s missile, unmanned aerial vehicle and conventional arms industries.
Posted on:Wednesday, October 18, 2023
The European Central Bank took a further step towards launching a digital version of the euro on Wednesday.
Posted on:Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians faced an uncertain future Wednesday in wartorn Gaza after Jordan’s king Jordan told them they weren’t welcome in Jordan or Egypt.
Posted on:Tuesday, October 17, 2023
The Hamas war against Israel is slated to be given a potent shot in the arm if the U.S. and its European allies allow U.N. sanctions to be lifted on Iran’s capability to purchase and supply missiles to enemies of the U.S. and Israel, according to experts on Tehran.
Posted on:Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Protesters have stormed the Israeli Embassy in Jordan’s capital, Amman, as violence broke out throughout the Middle East, and witnesses said they attempted to torch the building.
Posted on:Tuesday, October 17, 2023
While emphasizing that Gazan refugees will be denied entry to both Jordan and Egypt, Jordanian King Abdullah II said Tuesday that the Israel-Hamas war has brought the Middle East to the brink of “an abyss,” the Times of Israel reports. Jordan’s King made his remarks after a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.
Posted on:Tuesday, October 17, 2023
In a majority vote Monday, the UN Security Council rejected a Russian-led resolution that called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war but which did not specifically condemn the Hamas terror group for its brutal October 7 surprise attack on Israeli civilians, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. The attack, which triggered the current war, left 1,300 Israeli civilian men, women, and children dead and around 200 kidnapped and taken to Gaza.
Posted on:Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Belgian authorities say police shot the Islamist gunman who killed at least two Swedish nationals in Brussels late Monday. The public prosecutor’s office no longer excludes “a possible link with the conflict in Gaza,” referencing Israel’s declared war against Hamas militants.
Posted on:Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians faced an uncertain future Wednesday in wartorn Gaza after Jordan’s king Jordan told them they weren’t welcome in Jordan or Egypt.
Posted on:Monday, October 16, 2023
The Biden administration is assuring congressional Democrats that Iran will not be able to access a $6 billion account in Qatar.
Posted on:Monday, October 16, 2023
A gunman shouting “Allahu Akbar” (“Allah is Greatest”) shot at bystanders and killed at least two people in Brussels late Monday, sources said.
Posted on:Monday, October 16, 2023
Poland’s political opposition declared victory on Sunday in what they viewed as the nation’s most crucial election since 1989, when a new democracy was born after decades of communist rule.
Posted on:Sunday, October 15, 2023
Iran said Friday the United States “can not renege” on an agreement to transfer $6 billion in frozen funds through mediator Qatar following Hamas’s catastrophic assault on Israeli communities.
Posted on:Sunday, October 15, 2023
Pope Francis appealed to Azerbaijan on Sunday to protect houses of worship in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, while Russia urged new peace talks between neighbors Azerbaijan and Armenia. However, Armenian Christian refugees are reluctant to return to an area they called home for generations.
Posted on:Saturday, October 14, 2023
Journalists on Saturday mourned a Reuters news agency journalist killed in a clash between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah, designated as a terrorist organization by Israel and most of the Western world.
Posted on:Saturday, October 14, 2023
Thousands gathered in London to demand a “free Palestine” and protest against Israeli retaliatory strikes in response to the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.