Bahrain appoints ambassador to Syria for first time in 10 years
Bahrain appointed its first ambassador to Damascus on Thursday since it downgraded ties early in the conflict in Syria....
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Colorado wildfires force evacuations as hundreds of homes burn
An estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of thousands of people were...
US Navy seizes heroin worth $4M in Arabian Sea drug bust
United States navy vessels seized 385 kilograms (849 pounds) of heroin in the Arabian Sea worth some $4 million,...
Millions of amphetamine pills seized in citrus cargo in Lebanon
Lebanese authorities on Wednesday intercepted nine million pills of the recreational drug captagon inside a shipment of citrus, foiling...
US welcomes Gantz-Abbas meeting
State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Wednesday welcomed the meeting between Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority (PA)...
Moshe Edri named head of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday that he has named IDF Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Moshe Edri as the next...
Knesset panel to review Temple Mount restrictions
Public Security Committee Chairwoman Merav Ben Ari on Tuesday moved to form a subcommittee that will review the restrictions...
Putin: Russia, Belarus to stage joint military drills in 2022
Russia and Belarus plan to hold joint military drills in February or March 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said...
France to hit single-day record of 208,000 new COVID cases
The French health ministry on Wednesday will report 208,000 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, a national...
Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader, succumbs to cancer at 82
Harry Reid, the former US Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died. He was 82....