Terrorist killed after worshippers attacked at Joseph's Tomb
Clashes continue into the night between Palestinian rioters and Israeli forces accompanying Jewish worshippers to the holy site.
Middle East
Israel, Turkey to exchange ambassadors in diplomatic reset
The countries withdrew their respective ambassadors in 2010, after Israeli forces stormed a Gaza-bound flotilla that defied orders to dock at an Israeli port. The incident resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish activists.
Experts warn emerging nuclear deal puts world 'five minutes from disaster'
"The US, the Europeans, and possibly the IAEA keep being humiliated, and even as Iran continues to spit on their face they call it rain," warns former national security adviser Jacob Nagel.
Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack
Iran has denied carrying out other operations abroad targeting dissidents in the years since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, despite prosecutors and Western governments attributing such attacks back to Tehran.
IDF destroys Hamas tunnel leading into Israel
The tunnel was dug toward Israeli territory but did not cross the newly-constructed underground sensory barrier and thus did not pose a threat to neighboring communities
Syrian military alleges Israeli strike near Russia's Mediterranean bases
Three soldiers and three others are said to have been killed in the attack. Opposition group says raids targeted an air defense base in Tartus, where Iranian-backed groups are active.
'Rushdie's attacker had direct contact with Iran's Revolutionary Guards'
Sources say it is "clear" that at some point before the attack, Hadi Matar had been in contact with "people either directly involved with or adjacent to the" Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force. His mother says he became a religious zealot after a month-long trip to Lebanon in 2018.
Kuwait names first ambassador to Iran in over 6 years
The move comes as Sunni Muslim powerhouse Saudi Arabia works to improve ties with Shi'ite Iran, with which it has been locked in a rivalry that has played out across conflicts in the region.
At least 41 killed in Egyptian church fire due to electrical fault
The blaze erupted just before 9 a.m. (0700 GMT) when 5,000 people had gathered for Mass at the Abu Sifin church in the Imbaba neighborhood, two security sources said.
Biden under pressure to suspend Iran talks after Rushdie attack, weak condemnation
Indian-born author has had the Iranian regime issue a decree ordering his killing since the publication of his controversial book "Satanic Verses."