1+ hour, 14+ min ago  (447+ words) The Kremlin said Friday it was discussing whether to let Turkey sell off its Russian-made S-400 missile systems, amid reports Ankara planned to offload them in exchange for Washington granting access to US-made F-35 fighter jets. NATO member Turkey has been blocked…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (553+ words) People in Bahrain and Kuwait awoke on Wednesday to the now familiar sound of warning sirens and explosions in the distance, as Iranian strikes again dashed hopes of a return to normalcy. The latest round of strikes pushed US President…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (509+ words) Israel's military said Friday it had struck several Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon a day earlier in response to attacks on its troops in the area. Israel and Lebanon signed a US-sponsored framework agreement last week to pave the way…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (302+ words) Turkey's annual inflation eased to 32. 1 percent in June from 32. 6 percent in May, though sharp increases in housing and education costs drove consumer prices higher, official data showed on Friday. Consumer prices rose 0. 99 percent month-on-month in June, slowing from 1. 7 percent in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (824+ words) As television screens showed the signing of a U. S. -brokered framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel in Washington, Abu Ali Jalal Awada sat quietly in the modest apartment in southern Lebanon where his family has been living since fleeing the border…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (367+ words) The number of people jailed pending trial on terrorism-related charges in Turkey rose to 178 ahead of a NATO summit in the capital Ankara, state media reported on Saturday, citing the prosecutor's office. The detentions followed a series of anti-terror raids…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (336+ words) At least 47 people were killed and 97 others injured in intensive Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon from midnight until Friday afternoon, according to an updated toll released by Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center. The strikes hit multiple areas in southern and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (472+ words) Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday said his country had been cooperating "under the radar" with Somaliland for years, as he met with the breakaway African state's president. In December, Israel became the first country to recognise the independence…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (282+ words) Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday that the Israeli military will not withdraw from the "security zones" it holds in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza. In a statement, Katz framed the decision as a response to threats and a…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (547+ words) Israeli bombardment has damaged a World Heritage site in Lebanon's southern city of Tyre, a culture ministry official told AFP on Monday, as correspondents there saw debris and damage. One of the oldest cities on the Mediterranean coast, Tyre lies…...