16+ min ago   (550+ words) DUBAI —A Yemeni minister has said the Houthi rebels are plotting to seize land along the Bab El-Mandeb Strait, which would allow them to further threaten the vital shipping artery. He said there had been a military build-up by the…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (454+ words) LONDON — Britain summoned Israel’s charge d’affaires on Wednesday and demanded a halt to a major settlement project in occupied West Bank after Israeli authorities opened bidding for more than 1,200 homes in the area. The E1 plan, green-lit by Israel last year,…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (468+ words) SYDNEY — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong acknowledged on Thursday that it was a “difficult time” in the country’s relationship with Israel after its decision not to pursue a criminal investigation into the killing of aid workers. Wong said she was…...

21+ hour, 11+ min ago   (850+ words) THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slammed the latest US sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president, as a “flagrant attack” on the global tribunal’s independence and vowed to continue seeking justice for atrocities around the world....

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (628+ words) WASHINGTON — The United States has issued a rare rebuke of Israel after it struck a Syrian military airbase near the Turkish border, calling the attack an "unnecessary escalation". Eight airstrikes hit the Abu Duhur airport runway and storage facility on…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (445+ words) IDLIB — Israeli warplanes carried out at least eight airstrikes on the abandoned Abu al-Duhur military airport in the Idlib province in northern Syria early on Tuesday. Local sources said the attacks were carried out at around 3 am local time (0000GMT). There…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (366+ words) TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused Israel of actively sabotaging diplomatic efforts and said that it was the primary obstacle to a lasting ceasefire agreement with the United States, according to IRNA news agency. “The Zionist regime was and…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (579+ words) BERLIN — A senior lawmaker from Germany’s governing conservative bloc called on the European Union on Monday to impose sanctions on extremist Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over his remarks advocating the killing of dozens of Palestinians in Gaza every…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (813+ words) JERUSALEM — US President Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner left Jerusalem on Monday without a breakthrough after two days of talks with ​Israeli and Hamas leaders over a stalled US plan to end the war in Gaza, with both…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (592+ words) JERUSALEM — US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Jared Kushner has arrived in Israel, where he is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. The meeting on Monday comes a day after Kushner’s visit to El-Alamein, Egypt,…...