Israeli teenager killed by bomb near settlement: Israeli officials
An Israeli teenager was killed and her father and brother were injured by a Palestinian bomb near a settlement in the occupied West Bank on...
Russia extends detention of ex-U.S. Marine accused of spying
A court on Friday extended by two months the pre-trial detention of a former U.S. Marine who has been held in Russia on suspicion of...
Amid global pressure, Brazil’s Bolsonaro looks to send army to fight Amazon fires
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday he may mobilize the army to help combat fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest, as international condemnation and...
Erdogan tells Putin Syrian offensive is causing humanitarian crisis
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday that Syrian army attacks in northwest Syria are causing a humanitarian crisis and threaten Turkey’s...
Syrian army takes towns in northwest that rebels held for years
Syrian troops on Friday reclaimed a cluster of towns they had lost early in the eight-year-old war, pressing their offensive in the northwest, the country’s...
Italy’s 5-Star plays hardball with PD as government talks begin
The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement sought to gain the initiative as it began formal talks on Friday with the opposition Democratic Party (PD) to try to...
Russia rocket accident likely had two explosions, Norway monitor says
An explosion that killed five Russian scientists during a rocket engine test this month was followed by a second blast two hours later, the likely...
Brazil minister says agribusiness should not be blamed for Amazon fires
Brazilian agriculture minister, Tereza Cristina Dias, said on Friday that agribusiness should not be blamed for the fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest and that...
Iran has highly accurate missiles which it has not publicized: deputy defense minister
Iran has produced highly accurate missiles which it has not publicized, Iranian Deputy Defence Minister General Qassem Taqizadeh said on Friday, according to the semi-official...
Russia says isotope in doctor’s tissue caused by diet, not accident
Russian authorities said on Friday that a doctor who treated those injured in a mysterious accident this month had the radioactive isotope Caesium-137 in his...