French judge steps up Le Pen investigation over Islamic State tweets
A judge placed France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen under formal investigation on Thursday on suspicion of disseminating violent images over tweets she posted...
Syria regime strikes rebel enclave as aid trucks wait
Wafideen Checkpoint, Syria, March 1, 2018 (AFP) - Syrian and Russian forces kept up military pressure on rebel-held Eastern Ghouta Thursday as their controversial...
Turkey court jails MP niece of PKK chief Ocalan
A Turkish court on Thursday handed the MP niece of the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, a...
Tunisian judges, lawyers protest police ‘pressures’
Dozens of judges and lawyers staged a work stoppage outside a court near the Tunisian capital on Thursday over alleged pressure from police in...
Russia says Syrian rebels killed civilians in eastern Ghouta
The Russian military said on Thursday that Syrian rebels killed four civilians in the eastern Ghouta rebel-held enclave during a protest, news agencies reported,...
Hamburg Islamist knife attacker gets life in prison
A Palestinian jihadist who killed one man and wounded six other people in a German supermarket knife rampage last year was sentenced on Thursday...
Palestinian president welcomes ‘important’ visit by Prince William
President Mahmud Abbas on Thursday welcomed this summer's "important" visit by Prince William, the first official trip to the Palestinian territories by a member...
Turkey announces $5m for Sahel anti-jihadist force
Turkey will donate $5 million (4.1 million euros) to a fledgling force of five nations battling terrorism and trafficking in the Sahel, President Recep...
Egypt’s president: More funds needed to overhaul railway
Egypt's president says his cash-strapped government lacks about 250 billion Egyptian pounds, or $14.1 billion, to overhaul the country's run-down railway system.
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's remarks...
Israel group mints Trump coin to honor Jerusalem recognition
An Israeli organization has minted a coin bearing President Donald Trump's image to honor his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The Mikdash Educational Center...
