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US, allies set to evacuate Syrian aid workers from southwest

U.S. officials say the United States is finalizing plans to evacuate several hundred Syrian civil defense workers and their ...

Hamas says member killed in Israeli strike on Gaza militants

An Israeli airstrike against a Gaza crew launching incendiary devices killed a member of the militant group Hamas and wounded ...

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Israeli parliament passes contentious Jewish nation bill

Israel's parliament approved a controversial piece of legislation on Thursday that defines the country as the nation-state ...

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Here's the latest for Thursday July 19th: Trump says he told Putin to stay out of US elections; FBI Director says Russia is ...

Syrian forces' bombing intensifies in southern rebel holdout

Syrian government forces determined to retake the largest opposition holdout in the country's southwest unleashed an intense ...

Displaced Syrians march close to Israel; airstrike kills 10

Dozens of Syrians displaced by a government offensive marched toward the Israel-occupied Golan Heights in a rare peaceful ...

Israel places new limitations on cargo crossing into Gaza

Israel placed new restrictions on its only cargo crossing with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to continued Hamas ...

Correction: Israel-Jewish Nation Bill story

In a story July 16 about a contentious legislation that would define Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, The ...

Lebanon must investigate torture claims by actor, HRW says

The New York-based Human Rights Watch called Monday on Lebanese authorities to investigate allegations of torture made by a ...

Netanyahu visits southern region following Gaza escalation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a southern Israeli town bordering Gaza on Monday that was pummeled with rockets ...

Sacha Baron Cohen

Review: Sacha Baron Cohen back with old style, same results

The provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen has rebooted his ambush chat show and before any judgment is made about the wisdom of that ...

Syrian government targets rebels near Israel-occupied Golan

Syrian government forces unleashed hundreds of missiles on a rebel-held area near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on ...

Reports detail Mossad raid on Iranian nuclear documents

New details have been leaked of how the Israeli spy agency Mossad smuggled out Iranian nuclear documents earlier this year, ...

Cease-fire holds after day of intense Israel-Hamas fighting

The Israeli military lifted its restrictions along the Gaza border Sunday, indicating it had accepted an Egypt-mediated ...

Israel exchanges intense fire with Hamas militants in Gaza

The Israeli military carried out its largest airstrike campaign in Gaza since the 2014 war Saturday as Hamas militants fired ...

Joe Arpaio

Baron Cohen pranks 2 more celebrity politicians for show

Some politicians are going through the several stages of panic associated with an interview with Sacha Baron Cohen: remorse, ...

Joe Arpaio

The Latest: Ex- Arizona sheriff Arpaio duped by Baron Cohen

The Latest on Sacha Baron Cohen duping celebrity politician (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he ...

Kremlin denied US election meddling just before indictments

The Kremlin firmly denied meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election Friday just hours before a dozen Russian military ...

Palestinians say teenager killed in Gaza border violence

Gaza's Health Ministry said Friday that a 15-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire at a border protest.

Israel fires missile at drone from Syria, 2nd time this week

Israel fired a Patriot missile at an unmanned aircraft that approached the country's border from Syria for the second time ...