11+ min ago   (723+ words) CAIRO – Israel has placed Egypt, Jordan and Qatar among a group of countries subject to its highest travel alert, citing heightened threats to Israelis and Jews abroad as regional tensions continue to rise. Israel’s National Security Council, in an updated…...

37+ min ago   (293+ words) BEIRUT – Israeli strikes killed four people, including two women, in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel retaliated for what it said were Hezbollah drone attacks within areas occupied by its troops. Despite a US-brokered ceasefire…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (593+ words) TURMUS AYYA, West Bank – US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday met with Palestinian Americans, including relatives of US citizens killed by Israeli settlers, in a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank that has been the target of…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (646+ words) BAGHDAD – Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council on Sunday directed specialised investigative courts and public prosecutors to monitor sectarian terms and rhetoric in the media and on social media and take legal action against those who use them to inflame divisions and…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (520+ words) WASHINGTON – US military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday by US Senator Ron Wyden and statements given to Reuters, a development that follows reports that commercially…...

20+ hour, 17+ min ago   (400+ words) DUBAI - US forces struck three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday, US Central Command said, including one off the coast of Kharg Island, near Iran's key oil export hub. The strikes were carried out after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (448+ words) VIENNA/PARIS - The United States, Britain, France and Germany are seeking a resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog's board next week reporting Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years, according to diplomats and the proposed…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (491+ words) Morocco PM defends sheep import policy as crucial response to severe drought middle-east-online.com Morocco PM defends sheep import policy as crucial response to severe drought KHEMISSET - Moroccan Prime Minister and former president of the National Rally of Independents (RNI),…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (588+ words) NEW YORK - Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz continued to fly high at the US Open while Aryna Sabalenka overcame a distraction from the smell of cannabis in the Flushing Meadows complex to reach the fourth round on Friday. While the attention…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (714+ words) WASHINGTON - The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a small Turkish investment bank and two subsidiaries on Friday as part of the Trump administration's campaign to increase economic pressure on Iran, the department said. The Treasury said it designated Istanbul-based…...