Israel’s Netanyahu struggles to sell annexation plans
Jerusalem (AFP) - Only a week before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to kick-start annexation plans in the occupied West Bank, Israel's premier is...
Israeli police release video of alleged car-ramming attack
Israeli police on Wednesday released a video of a Palestinian vehicle slamming into a West Bank checkpoint and Israeli security forces shooting and killing...
Pompeo eyes resolution in coming weeks on Sudan terror listing
Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced hope Wednesday for a resolution in the coming weeks with Sudan, which said it...
Iran’s coronavirus death toll continues to resurge, nears 10,000
Reuters - Iran's death toll from COVID-19 has risen to nearly 10,000 with 133 new fatalities in the past 24 hours, the health ministry...
In Gaza, two babies fall victim to stalled Israeli – Palestinian ties
GAZA (Reuters) - Desperate efforts to save the lives of two critically ill infants in Gaza ended in tragedy after medical transfers to Israel...
Iraqi doctor bets on plasma treatment in search of COVID breakthrough
In a hospital ward in Iraq, doctor Ali Salam Abdullah and a smiling patient hold up a large blood bag full of the yellow...
Israel moves to redeploy spy agency to track surging virus cases
Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel's parliament gave initial approval Wednesday to a controversial bill enabling the government to use its domestic security agency to track...
Israel warned at UN against annexation but US gives green light
United Nations (AFP) - The United Nations and European and Arab powers on Wednesday warned Israel that its plans to annex Palestinian land would...
Iran, Venezuela will not change position on countering U.S. sanctions
(Reuters) - Iran and Venezuela will not back down from countering American sanctions, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi wrote in a tweet.
U.S. Secretary...
Egypt news outlet says police raid office, arrest editor
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian news outlet said security forces arrested its editor Wednesday following a raid on its offices in Cairo, in the...
