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The UN Security Council is expected to vote Monday on a resolution confirming the international status of Jerusalem and outlawing any changes to it – which implies the recent US move to recognize it as the capital of Israel. © Brendan McDermid / Reuters The text of the document, drafted by Egypt, which was seen by […]

The German security services believe that around half of the 720 people who are classified as “dangerous Islamists” do not actually pose a particular terror threat, the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported on Monday. Photo: DPA The information comes from a new form of analysis conducted by Germany’s 16 state police services and the Federal Criminal Police Office […]

Israeli aircraft targeted a Hamas facility in the northern Gaza Strip early Monday, hours after two rockets fired from the Palestinian enclave struck southern Israel, the army said. An Israeli F15 fighter jet takes off during a joint international aerial training exercise. (Reuters)  “In response to the rockets launched towards southern Israel, IAF (Israel air […]

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday predicted the ISIS group would be crushed in Syria by February, pushing for the Syrian government and opposition to come together for fresh peace talks early next year. French President Emmanuel Macron described Bashar al-Assad as “an enemy of the Syrian people”, but insisted: “We have to speak to […]

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been revealed as the owner of a French chateau described as the world’s most expensive home, according to a report in the New York Times . Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: Fayez Nureldine/AFP The purchase of the vast property west of Paris for $300 million (€275 […]

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked his US counterpart Donald Trump for help in preventing a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg. Data provided by the CIA enabled Russian security services to find and detain terrorists © Reuters / Global Look Press The Russian leader expressed his gratitude in a telephone call, adding that the Russian security […]

Turkey intends to open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at a summit of Muslim leaders for the world to recognise it as the capital of Palestine. President Tayyip Erdogan (AFP) It was not clear how he would carry out the move, as Israel controls all […]

Turkey has slammed the incoming Austrian government for ‘discrimination’. Photo: Alex Halada/AFP Turkey on Sunday slammed the incoming Austrian government, a coalition between conservatives and the far-right, for “discrimination” after its programme contained a pledge that Vienna will not agree to Ankara joining the EU. The landmark coalition deal, marking the return to power in […]

Hassan Salem, 12, works at a mechanic’s shop seven days a week, 10 hours a day, to help his family survive [Lisa Khoury/Al Jazeera] Beddawi, Lebanon – Mahmoud Mashwra was 12 when he left school to sell candy on the street. Mashwra, whose family fled Israeli oppression in the Palestinian territories years ago in hopes of […]

At least nine people were killed and more than 50 wounded when two suicide bombers attacked a church in Quetta during a service Sunday, just over a week before Christmas, police said. Two women were among the dead at a Methodist church , said provincial Home Secretary Akbar Harifal. Several of the wounded were in serious condition, police added. Officials said security forces […]