Hamas has issued a warning to residents of Ashkelon, telling them to stay away from the entire city since, “The [Israeli] army...

Assailant wounded while carrying out assault after entering police station in south of city

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has persuaded Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to agree to a ceasefire understanding between Israel and Hamas, which the Egyptian intelligence has worked for months to achieve, according to a report in the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat.    

A rail link from the Mediterranean to the Gulf states via Israel, Palestinian territories, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, would be good for them all, said Israel’s Transport Minister Israel Katz at an international transport conference taking place in the Sultanate of Oman. Israel would act as a land bridge and Jordan as regional transportation hub, according to the Katz plan. Iraq might also be attached to the projected railroad.    

Byzantine ruler created the 438 Theodosian law code, which collected the thousands of imperial laws of the sprawling empire and officially made Jews second-class citizens

MNA – Iran Nuclear Chief Ali Akbar Salehi said that if European signatories of JCPOA slow down the process of meeting their commitments, Iran may use ...

“The Iranians are trying to come up with new ways and routes to smuggle weapons from Iran to its allies in the Middle East."

Despite the recent upswing in tension between Israel …

PM Omar Razzaz avoids angering Jerusalem by entering trade union HQ in Amman via side entrance, but is criticized by local media and activists for 'supporting the Zionist entity'

As Netanyahu meets with Brazil's President elect- Bolsonaro, senior official says the nation will move embassy imminently.