Security increased in India's capital amid fears Pakistani terror group may strike Hindu and Jewish targets during holiday season.

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Protests in Iraq have erupted spontaneously over unemployment and poor services such as electricity and water but have escalated into calls for a change of government

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 P.M.) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Asharq Al-Awsat publication this week that Israeli airstrikes inside Syria

Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Lion joins Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Western Wall chief rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch for selichot prayers at Western Wall

Over the course of the past week, Iraq has been convulsed by growing protests over corruption, widespread unemployment, and the government’s inability to provide basic services

The standoff between Tehran and Washington has persisted despite efforts to defuse the brewing confrontation since the US administration pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, which assured the Middle Eastern country access to world trade in return for curbs on its nuclear programme.

Hezbollah feeling the squeeze of US sanctions after Trump administration targets banks doing business with Iranian-backed terror group.

Last month, Merkel’s administration sent government representatives to a pro-Iran business forum.

"Russia wants to keep a lid on things in Syria and continues to play the different sides off of each other. So it can tolerate repeated low-level Israeli airstrikes, but wants to make sure that things don’t get out of hand," said Charles Freilich, a former deputy Israeli national security adviser.

Photos indicate Adrian Darya possibly preparing to unload oil, despite Tehran's assurances to UK it would not deliver cargo

Stealth Air Target early warning radars Rezonans-NE will be delivered to the armed forces in the countries of the Middle East. The deployment of early-warning radars capable of tracking stealth cruise missiles and hypersonic weapons will begin in 2020. There is no information on which countries the radars will be delivered to. "Contracts have been signed with a number of Middle Eastern countries …

Likud says move aims to quell speculation of a coup in the party amid ongoing crisis preventing formation of a government

Knesset speaker insists PM ready to 'pay the price' to form government; says he would agree to rotation deal as speaker to prevent third elections

“The agreement is a further proof of the important economic cooperation between the two countries and the tremendous positive impact that these relations have on both economies."

Iran says "Israel-Arab plot" against top commander foiled, those responsible arrested.

One of Israel's top chefs, Erez Komarovski, prepared the meal as well as 2,000 additional meals that were distributed at the end of the event for Holocaust survivors who were unable to attend.

With a media blackout and the government trying to cut off internet and social media use, the chaos unfolding in Baghdad last night and over the last forty-eight hours has been largely obscured.