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Christian Lebanese leaders Suleiman Frangieh (L) and Samir Geagea (R) shake hands accompanied by Patriarch Bechara al-Rai (C) in Bkerki, Lebanon November 14, 2018. (Reuters) Christian rivals from the Lebanese civil war, Samir Geagea and Suleiman Frangieh, shook hands with each other on Wednesday, marking a formal reconciliation to end more than four decades of […]

North Korea`s leader Kim Jong-un(left) and US President Donald Trump. Yonhap A Washington think tank’s report about undeclared missile bases in North Korea has prompted debate over whether Pyongyang is keeping its promises to the US, with many commentators questioning how the controversy will affect denuclearization talks down the road. Beyond Parallel, a team that […]

Palestinian Hamas militants attend a military drill in preparation to any upcoming confrontation with Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip March 25, 2018. . (photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA / REUTERS)  The US State Department has announced a $5 million reward for information which would lead to the capture of deputy Hamas politburo chairman Saleh […]

Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah group has been backed by the Iranian government [Reuters] The US State Department designated Jawad Nasrallah, son of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, a terrorist and accused him of carrying out attacks against Israel in the occupied West Bank. The department on Tuesday also blacklisted Al-Mujahidin Brigades (AMB), which it said had links to the Lebanese group and […]

  Ulf Kristersson, lesder of the center-right party Moderates, makes his way to a press meeting in the Riksdag, Stockholm, Wednesday Nov. 14, 2018. (Janerik Henriksson/TT via AP) STOCKHOLM (AP) – More than two months after elections that left Sweden in political limbo, lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a proposed minority coalition led by the second-largest […]

German Chancellor Merkel addresses the European Parliament on November 13, 2018. © Reuters / Vincent Kessler German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a “real, true” European army to be created, just days after French President Emmanuel Macron did the same – and received backlash from Donald Trump for doing so. “We should work on […]

Lawmakers in Brussels gathering for a session on Brexit (AA Photo) A Brexit divorce deal text has been agreed with the EU at the technical level and Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet will meet on Wednesday, the BBC’s political editor said. “Source confirms divorce deal text agreed at technical level,” Laura Kuenssberg said on Twitter. […]

   The armed wing of Hamas says it will step up attacks and fire rockets at the Israeli towns of Ashdod and Beersheba if Israel continues to carry out air raids on civilian buildings in Gaza. At least six Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on the besieged enclave since late Monday in the worst violence between the two […]

It was a busy day in Paris as world leaders flocked to the City of Lights to mark the centenary of the end of WWI. Putin and Trump chatted, Macron criticized nationalism, and topless protestors disrupted the US leader’s motorcade. They did meet Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump were both late for the ceremony on […]

IDF soldiers in Eshkol regional council, November 11, 2018Eliyahu Hershkovitz A 41-year-old Israeli officer was killed and another was moderately wounded during an operation in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said early Monday. At least seven Palestinians were said killed in Gaza after heavy fire was exchanged with Israeli forces, according to Palestinian sources, including […]