Britain’s Karim Khan elected International Criminal Court prosecutor

By Reuters,

Parties to the International Criminal Court on Friday elected Britain’s Karim Khan as the new prosecutor for a nine-year term starting on June 16. ...

Fatou Bensouda , Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab , International Criminal Court. , Karim Khan

Israel and UAE reach historic deal

By Robert Maina,

Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship, a move that res...

Israel , UAE

Iran vows ‘harsh revenge’ against U.S. for killing top general Soleimani

By Agencies,

Iran has threatened to retaliate after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force and arch...

Donald Trump , Iran , US

UN Report: Conflicts kill and hurt a record 12,000 children

By VOA,

More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number - with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen...

Afghanistan , Conflicts , somalia , The United Nations (UN)

Libyan fighters seize U.S. and Chinese missiles from Haftar’s forces

By Reuters,

Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognized government based in Tripoli captured sophisticated U.S. and Chinese rockets as well as drones wh...

Khalifa Haftar , libya , Muammar Gaddafi , Rockets

Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. drone because it could h...

Donald Trump aborted a military strike , unmanned U.S. drone

Israeli killed and two Palestinian gunmen dead as Gaza violence persists

By Reuters,

A rocket fired from Gaza killed an Israeli civilian on Sunday and two Palestinian gunmen were killed in an Israeli strike as cross-border hostilities ...

Gaza , israeli , Rocket

Russia, Iran maneuver for influence in Syria

By VOA,

Once-hidden Russian-Iranian disagreements over Syria are starting to surface. Moscow and Tehran are jostling to wield the main influence over the gove...

Israel frees two prisoners to Syria after Russian mediation

By Reuters,

Israel released two prisoners on Sunday, sending them back to Syria in what Damascus described as Russian-mediated reciprocation for the repatriation ...

Israel

Israel to free two Syrian prisoners after recovering soldier’s remains

By Reuters,

Israel will release two prisoners after the remains of an Israeli soldier missing since 1982 were recovered by Russian special forces in Syria, an Isr...

Israel , Syrian prisoners

Israeli soldiers shoot blindfolded, handcuffed Palestinian as he tried to flee

By CNN,

Israeli soldiers shot a blindfolded, handcuffed Palestinian teenager who had been arrested on suspicion of taking part in disturbances as he tried to ...

Israel Defense Forces , Israeli soldiers , Osama al-Badan

Iran will retaliate in kind if U.S. designates Guards as terrorists: MPs

By Reuters,

Iran will take reciprocal action against the United States if Washington designates the elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as terrorists, a majority of...

Benjamin Netanyahu , Iran , Revolutionary Guards , terrorist

Israeli PM Netanyahu says he will sue political rivals for Libel

By VOA,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday he would sue two of his main political rivals for libel, claiming that they labelled him a tr...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli forces reportedly kill Palestinian in west bank

By VOA,

A Palestinian was killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medics said, and the military announced on Thursday that a soldier ...

Israeli forces , Palestinian in west bank

Pompeo to visit Lebanon, take on a strong Hezbollah

By VOA,

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hopes to use his first visit to Lebanon this week to step up pressure on Iran and its local ally, Hezbollah. But h...

Pompeo

Palestinian attacker kills Israeli in West Bank: military

By Reuters,

At least one Israeli was killed and two others were wounded in a Palestinian attack in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, a military spokesman said. ...

israeli , Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus , Palestinian shooting , west bank

Iran warns of firm response if Israel acts against its oil shipments

By Reuters,

Iran will respond firmly to any Israeli naval action against its oil shipments, Iran’s defense minister said on Wednesday, in comments that came a w...

Donald Trump , Iran , Israel , U.S

Former TV news anchor set to become first Druze woman in Israel’s parliament

By Reuters,

With Israel’s election just over a month away, a Druze former television news anchor is poised to become the first woman from her Arabic-speaking mi...

Arabic , Druze , Gadeer Mreeh

Crisis may be easing, but nuclear threat still hangs over India and Pakistan

By CNN,

Tensions on the border between India and Pakistan last week pushed the two nuclear-powered South Asian adversaries closer to conflict than at any poin...

Israeli attorney-general plans to charge Netanyahu in corruption cases

By Reuters,

Israel’s attorney-general announced on Thursday he intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, a decision coming just...

attorney general , israeli