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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press in his Jerusalem office on April 2, 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana) Without directly addressing the predawn attack, PM says ‘we have a simple rule: If someone tries to attack you – rise up and attack him’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel will hit anyone […]

North Korea has apparently assured the United States of its willingness to talk about removing its nuclear weapons during direct contacts between officials of the two countries, according to sources here and American media reports. A Cheong Wa Dae official said Monday that Pyongyang and Washington have been in contact with each other regarding the […]

The dinner, held behind a tight security cordon, set the tone for the official part of the visit which started Monday. (SPA) Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dined with French President Emmanuel Macron at Paris’s Louvre museum on Sunday after arriving for a three-day visit. The dinner, held behind a tight security cordon, […]

Photo: AFP Violence flared in western France on Monday morning after 2,500 French police began clearing out protesters who have occupied land at Notre-Dame-des-Landes where the government had planned to build a new airport before ditching the project earlier this year. Legions of gendarmes moved in at around 6am on Monday morning with the intention […]

U.S. President Donald Trump had promised a ‘big price to pay’ for a suspected chemical attack in Syria, but the Pentagon said Sunday that airstrikes on regime forces were not being conducted ‘at this time.’ | AP DAMASCUS – Syria and its Russian ally accused Israel on Monday of carrying out a deadly dawn bombing raid […]

The seizure resulted in a standoff that lasted for several hours between airport officials and Emirati officers [FILE: Feisal Omar/Reuters] Somalia‘s government says it has seized several bags of money worth almost $10m from a plane that arrived at Mogadishu airport from the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi. The money was found in three […]

An Israeli air force F-15 fighter jet © Amir Cohen / Reuters Two Israeli F-15 fighters targeted Syria’s T-4 airbase in Homs province, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. The jets fired eight guided missiles, but five of them were shot down before they hit the airfield. In a statement on Monday, the Russian […]

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian welcomes Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday. Photo: Ahmed Nureldine/AFP Saudi Arabia’s crown prince arrived in France on Sunday for the next leg of a global tour aimed at reshaping his kingdom’s austere image as he pursues his drive to reform the conservative petrostate. […]

FILE PHOTO: Syrian soldiers are seen in the rebel-held Douma district in the Eastern Ghouta countryside, Syria, on March 28, 2018. © Ammar Safarjalani / Global Look Press Reports of an alleged gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma are ‘fake news’ aimed at justifying potential strikes against Syria, Moscow said. It warned of […]

Runners compete during the half-marathon in Berlin on Sunday. Photo: Paul Zinken / dpa / AFP  Berlin authorities said they arrested six people on Sunday over an alleged plot to carry out a “violent crime” at the German capital’s half marathon which attracted 36,000 runners. A report by daily newspaper Die Welt which police did […]