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EU Will Work With Washington on Mideast Deal — On Condition
The European Union declared on Wednesday that it will work with the United States on its Mideast peace plan, but only on condition that it involves a two-state solution. A statement…
The limpet mines used to attack a Japanese-owned oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz last week bore "a striking resemblance" to similar mines displayed by Iran, a U.S. Navy…
Evidence suggests Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman and other senior Saudi officials are liable for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a U.N. rights investigator said on Wednesday. There…
Iran will not extend a 60-day deadline for it to start pulling out of more commitments agreed under its nuclear deal, the spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Behrouz Kamalvandi,…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., pressed her case Tuesday that the Trump administration is running "concentration camps" at the U.S.–Mexico border amid criticism from Republicans who said she was demeaning Jews…
Israel
Seven firefighting teams were working Wednesday afternoon to extinguish burning woodland and brush in the Lifta area near the entrance to Jerusalem. Forces were operating in the area to prevent…
Israel wrapped up its largest military drill in years on Wednesday, with thousands of troops from the army, navy and air force simulating a future war with the Lebanese Hezbollah…
A technological “blanket” that blocked cellphone service at the Ramon Prison has been removed, Maariv reported, after Hamas prisoners threatened to riot. The proposed blanketing technology was the cause of…
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Iraqi-Canadian Man Sentenced for Role in Deadly Attack on U.S. BaseAn Iraqi-Canadian man was sentenced to 26 years in prison by a federal judge in Brooklyn on Tuesday for his role in orchestrating the April 2009 truck bombing of a…
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would likely nominate Mark Esper to be the secretary of defense, hours after he named Esper, the secretary of the Army, to replace…
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A rocket hit an oil-drilling site in Iraq’s southern Basra province early Wednesday, striking inside a compound housing energy giant Exxon Mobil and wounding three local workers, one seriously, Iraqi…
Trust in vaccines – one of the world’s most effective and widely used medical products – is highest in poorer countries but weaker in wealthier ones where skepticism has allowed…
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