Category: 3. Middle East

By Christine Chen and Renju Jose

SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Israel’s ambassador to Australia has called for greater protection of Jewish people in Australia as dozens of people lined up ​on Tuesday at Sydney’s Bondi Beach to pay tribute to the…

Israeli military officials said Monday that defense authorities have determined that the Lebanese Army’s actions against Hezbollah infrastructure are not keeping pace with the group’s rearmament efforts, prompting the IDF to carry out daily…

BERLIN, Germany — Prosecutors in Berlin have filed charges against the far-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) Matthias Moosdorf for allegedly greeting another party member with the banned Nazi salute during a parliamentary session,…

Hundreds of Palestinians attended protests across the West Bank on Sunday against the Palestinian Authority’s new prisoner payment system. The public anger indicates that Ramallah is moving ahead with the Western-pushed welfare reform,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing, delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a shocking post that seemed intent on decrying…

Australian leaders on Monday were evasive when asked why one of the perpetrators of a deadly antisemitic terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was permitted to hold six guns despite his son, the second perpetrator, reportedly having been…

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was taken to hospital after being beaten when she was arrested last week, her family says.

The 53-year-old human rights activist told them in a phone call on Sunday that she was brought to an…

WASHINGTON — The US Army on Monday released the names of two National Guard soldiers whom the Pentagon previously said were killed in an attack by a Syrian gunman in Palmyra on Saturday.

Sgt. Brian Torres Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt….