JERUSALEM: Israel has lifted a restriction on fuel delivered to Gaza for electricity, a defense official said Monday, a week after cutting the flow by half over a series of violent incidents.Israeli defense ministry

Iran warns of ‘strong step’ from atomic deal if no new terms as tanker is spotted near Lebanon TEHRAN, Iran: Iran will “take a strong step” away from its 2015 nuclear deal with world

In a slow, relentless advance, a catastrophic Hurricane Dorian kept pounding at the northern Bahamas early Monday, as one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded left wrecked homes, shredded roofs, tumbled cars and

Workers and students have begun a strike in Hong Kong as part of ongoing anti-government protests. Thousands have gathered in the city centre and on a university campus. The strike coincides with more warnings

BEIRUT: An Israeli drone violated Lebanon’s airspace on Sunday and dropped incendiary material that sparked a fire in a forest at the border, the Lebanese military said. The Lebanese army statement said it was

TRIPOLI: Rocket fire by forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar against the Libyan capital’s sole functioning airport wounded four civilians overnight, the UN-recognized government said on Sunday.The strikes coincided with the arrival of a

Israel's military said it has fired into southern Lebanon after a number of anti-tank missiles targeted an Israeli army base and vehicles near the border. The missiles hit several of their targets in the

Hurricane Dorian has intensified to a category 5 storm capable of inflicting catastrophic levels of destruction as it bears down on an island chain in the northern Bahamas, according to weather officials.  The storm

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday sanctioned an Iranian oil tanker previously held for weeks by Gibraltar and released despite Washington’s efforts to keep it detained.The US Department of Treasury said the vessel, previously

Sudan’s ex-president Bashir charged with corruption, holding illicit foreign currency KHARTOUM: A Sudanese judge formally indicted former president Omar Al-Bashir on charges of possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption on Saturday. A lawyer for Bashir