Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Palestinian on boat from Gaza killed by Israeli fire

A Palestinian was killed Sunday when Israeli forces opened fire on a boat from the Gaza Strip after it left a zone where...

Paris to host Syria crisis meeting with allies on Tuesday: minister

France will host a meeting on the Syria crisis with Western and Arab allies later on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. The “working dinner”...

Iran army exercise simulates response to ISIS attack

Iran’s army conducted exercises Tuesday close to its border with Afghanistan designed to simulate how it would respond if “terrorist groups” such as the...

Libyan lawmakers say majority back unity plan, but no vote yet

Libya's internationally recognised parliament, which was forced out of the capital by factional violence, failed to vote for a unity government this week, but...

Putin picks Turkey over U.S. as the enemy

Vladimir Putin is studiously late for meetings with world leaders. Yet when it comes to an appearance on live national television, the Russian president...

Israeli air force chief confirms first F-35 airstrike

The head of Israel's air force says it used the next-generation F-35 fighter jet for the first time during a recent mission. Maj. Gen. Amikam...

Iranian president defends government’s response to Coronavirus

The government of Iran has come under heavy criticism for what has been seen as a slow and inadequate response of the Virus outbreak....

As visitors stay home, Iraqi Kurdistan tourism collapses

Al-Amadiyah (AFP) In a normal year, Ahmed Hazem's mountainside restaurant would be teeming with tourists. But a nationwide curfew aimed at combatting the novel...

Open sectarianism in Saudi Arabia frightens Shi'ites

When the gunshots rang out, Ali, a 26-year-old Saudi Arabian Shi'ite Muslim, thought they were fireworks. But when he saw people running, he knew...

Syria’s Idlib IS-free after ‘surrender’: spokesman, monitor

The Islamic State group has been ousted from northwestern Syria's Idlib province after a final group of the jihadists surrendered to hardline rebels on...

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