A coalition of 62 nations will support Australia’s call for an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus, infuriating China where the pandemic began.

Several thousand Israelis rallied Saturday to demonstrate against a unity government deal reached last week that leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in power as he prepares to go on trial for corruption charges. The protesters oppose having Netanyahu as prime minister as long as he is a criminal suspect. The protesters say the unity government […]

After more than a year of bitter political dispute and maneuvering, Israel is about to have a coalition government. It took three elections and an unprecedented public-health crisis to get the country to this point.Benny Gantz, a former chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces and the leader of the opposition Blue and White […]

The main rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won support from Israel’s Arab coalition on Sunday to form a government, potentially undermining Netanyahu’s plan to stay in power atop a proposed unity cabinet to fight the coronavirus outbreak. After a third inconclusive election in less than a year left Netanyahu still three seats short of […]

Tehran has tonight launched missile attack on two US bases in Iraq housing US and coalition troops, defense sources have revealed. 

(Bloomberg) — Beijing’s muted response to the U.S.’s killing of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani suggests China still isn’t ready to join Russia in taking a more direct role in the Middle East’s entrenched conflicts.While Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China was “highly concerned” by the action and called it “unacceptable,” he didn’t use words […]

Saudi Arabia took command of anti-rebel troops in Yemen’s Aden, Saudi state media said Sunday, after the government and southern separatist forces struck a power-sharing deal following clashes in the city. “Coalition forces have been repositioned in Aden to become under the kingdom’s command and redeployed to conform with requirements of current operations,” the Saudi-led […]

Turkey may have deliberately targeted US forces with artillery in northern Syria in order to push them out, coalition sources have told the Daily Telegraph. US officials confirmed an explosion occurred near where a small contingent of its special forces were based on a hill near the town of Kobane. They said the cause of […]

A Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said it downed a drone on Sunday that the Iran-aligned group has said they launched in the direction of a Saudi airbase. “The coalition forces intercepted and downed a drone launched from the city of Sanaa in the direction of Khamis Muchait’s residential neighbourhoods,” coalition spokesman […]