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KHARTOUM — Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a drone attack on Tuesday on a power station in the capital Khartoum, a source in the national electricity company said, as at least were killed in an attack on a market in the...

TEHRAN — Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei reiterated on Tuesday Iran’s conditions for ending the war with the United States, during a meeting with his security chief. Khamenei met with Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen...

AMMAN — Jordan has carried out airstrikes against what its military says were terrorist groups in Syria in retaliation for Friday’s attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the southern governorate of Karak that killed nine people. Jordanian air...

LONDON — Two British nationals have been charged with national security offenses over an incident at RAF Fairford airbase last month, with one of them suspected of assisting Iran's intelligence service. RAF Fairford had been used ​by US...

KYIV — Russia and Ukraine have begun a regional ceasefire to allow the ​start of a humanitarian effort in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, where residents have been trapped without food, water and electricity, both sides confirmed on...

JERUSALEM — Israelis surged to the polls at the fastest ​rate in 45 years on Tuesday, passing wartime judgment on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in what voters described as one of the most pivotal elections in their history. In the first...

ABUJA — A woman infected with the Ebola virus and her husband, a Swiss diplomat, were flown from ​Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland on Monday, officials said, as Nigerian authorities continued monitoring 52 people who had been in contact with...

WASHINGTON — Two Catholic bishops who attended a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House last week are now publicly saying they regret it and that officials turned what they thought was a private prayer into a photo opportunity....

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Monday ruled that the abrupt firing of Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor and the daughter of one of Donald Trump’s best-known critics, last year was unlawful. In a 55-page ruling, Judge Jesse M. Furman of...

WASHINGTON — A US appeals court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s unprecedented attempt to force California election officials to set aside thousands of ballots that it claims may have been cast by alleged noncitizens. The...

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have brought new charges against former FBI director James B. Comey over a decade-old allegation that he ordered his staff to leak sensitive national security information to a reporter, according to court papers...

CAIRO — Egypt's House of Representatives on Monday approved President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's request to provide military assistance to Saudi Arabia, including the possibility of deploying troops to defend the Kingdom's territory,...

DETROIT — President Donald Trump turned to Islamophobic stereotypes to motivate Michigan Republicans on Sunday, comparing Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim candidate for the US Senate, to the Sept. 11 attackers while saying the Democratic nominee, if...

JERUSALEM — More than 3,000 Palestinians have been displaced as the Israeli army continued a large-scale military offensive in the West Bank city of Hebron for a fourth consecutive day on Monday, the city’s authorities said on Monday. The...

JERUSALEM — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday dismissed reports of a clash between Benjamin Netanyahu and the army over plans to strike Iran, calling them “completely baseless and false” and insisting Israel had “absolutely no...