Israel carried out airstrikes on areas near the central Syrian city of Homs early Sunday causing material damage but no casualties, the Syrian military said in a statement.
Israel will buy 25 F-35 aircraft from the United States, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced Sunday, in a deal that increases Israel’s arsenal of the stealth fighter jets by 50%.
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned President Biden’s attempt to erase the student loan debt for millions of Americans. The court ruled Friday that the Biden administration overstepped its authority.
Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency revealed the thrilling raid on Iranian soil and arrest of a man who led a terrorist cell in Cyprus that aimed to kill Israelis on the island.
The Biden administration has denied that an “interim” Iran nuclear deal is on the table, but a think tank report outlines a number of indications that diplomatic discussions may have continued, potentially with incoming concessions.
The grandmother of the 17-year-old boy killed by police during a traffic stop in France has urged protesters to stop the riots that have spread across the nation.
Residents in two U.S. states plunged into mourning on Sunday after separate mass shootings killed several and injured dozens. In Baltimore, Maryland, a teenager was among two people dead following a mass shooting there, while in Wichita, Kansas, seven people were shot, and two others trampled amid a shooting inside a nightclub, authorities confirmed.
Hundreds of Muslims have attacked a Christian village community in Pakistan’s Punjab province and tried to burn their homes after a believer published a Bible verse on social media service Facebook, well-informed sources said Saturday.
Pope Francis, who admitted to organizing a peace mission, has appealed for prayers and peace in Ukraine after residents in Kyiv were kept awake overnight by the first massive Russian drone strike in nearly two weeks. Attacks were also reported elsewhere, including in southern Ukraine, where several residents were injured. The ongoing clashes added to the suffering of the people Francis described as “tried.”
French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed a state visit to Germany to deal with escalating unrest in his country, his office said Saturday. The announcement came after more than 1,300 people were arrested across France in a fourth night of rioting sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy with an African background who was buried Saturday.
France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, and government ministers held an emergency meeting in Paris as riots across the nation escalated into the worst French crisis in years. The clashes broke out after Tuesday’s fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy with a migrant background earlier this week.
Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that his government wants to know “who is responsible” for the European Union having been “pushed to the brink of bankruptcy.”
France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, and government ministers held an emergency meeting in Paris as riots across the nation escalated into the worst French crisis in years.
In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor.
China’s ruling authoritarian Communist Party (CCP) has begun rolling out a new app that will require citizens to pre-register for approval to attend a religious service.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out supplying Ukraine with the Iron Dome missile defense system, reiterating Israel’s concern that the vital technology could fall into the hands of Iran.
A Catholic charity says more than half of the world’s population lives in countries where Christians and others face religious persecution.
France mobilized 40,000 additional security forces on Thursday to deal with spreading unrest following the deadly police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent.
Several sources said Thursday that Russia’s most senior generals disappeared from public view after a brief mercenary mutiny aimed at toppling the top military brass in the biggest challenge to Vladimir Putin’s presidency so far.
Following the 2020 Abraham Accords normalizing diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, an Emirati senior security official has confirmed that Israel helped the UAE to defend itself against a cyber attack and is helping the Gulf state to build a “cyber iron dome,” i24News reports.