The successor of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis as leader of the Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah has been designated as a global terrorist by the United States.

According to his rivals, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a plan in the case that he wins the elections: He will empty the law enforcement system of all its powers.

Coronavirus deepens Iran’s confidence crisis; Ethiopia bails on US-brokered meeting with Egypt; Israeli opposition uses Erdogan video in campaign attack ad against Bibi; and more!

The US administration shot down the idea that it will send troops back into Syria amid assurances from the secretary of state that the United States is "working" with Turkey on the "complicated" situation.

The Turkish president has again warned Syria it has until the end of this month to halt its Russia-backed offensive against opposition forces that has pushed nearly a million people to the Turkish border.

Iraq's designated Prime Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi will face off against multiple challenges as political disputes over nominations to his Cabinet have already formed.

Tehran is tossing around accusations of fomenting panic over the coronavirus epidemic as the country's biggest holiday approaches.

Ultra-Orthodox Knesset member Moshe Gafni surprised everyone recently by announcing that ultra-Orthodox schools will be established where mathematics and English will be taught.

A video comparing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has set off a political storm in Israel.

Tourism is providing a test case of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s advocacy of “local participatory democracy," prompting a struggle with the government in Ankara over prominent landmarks in his city.

Saudi Arabia bans religious tourists from entering country as WHO says virus now spreading faster outside China than in it. Follow latest newsIreland v Italy in Six Nations postponed due to coronavirusZara Phillips will not self-isolate after Italy tripMore new cases outside China than inside, says WHOIs it safe to travel, and should children be […]

We can’t block or mute those in powerful positions in the traditional media. At least on Twitter the unheard can have a voice There is no doubt that Twitter can be a hostile, even vicious, place.There is also little doubt that the viciousness on Twitter contributes to the “coarsening of political dialogue” and that in […]

Police identify attacker as 51-year-old manAuthorities offer no immediate motiveAn employee opened fire at the Milwaukee campus of Molson Coors on Wednesday, killing five fellow workers before taking his own life, police said.Police identified the man responsible for the shooting at one of the world’s largest brewers of beer as a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who […]

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is the latest victim of a murder attempt after similar attacks on exiled dissidentsA well-known Chechen blogger has survived an apparent assassination attempt in Poland, in the latest of a series of attacks on dissidents exiled in Europe. A video first posted by Tumso Abdurakhmanov on Wednesday showed him disheveled and breathing hard, […]

Pacific nation’s protected zone has led to commercial tuna fishing vessels leaving the countryPalau’s much-touted marine sanctuary has backfired, with the fishing ban leading to an increased consumption of the reef fish in the western Pacific country – such as grouper, snapper and parrotfish – that the marine sanctuary promised to protect.Palau introduced a new […]

Beckham: MLS should not be where Europeans go to retireFormer England captain’s Inter Miami prepare for first matchMiami and Nashville join MLS as league kicks off 25th seasonDavid Beckham expressed his hope that Major League Soccer, which kicks off its 25th season on Saturday, can challenge the supremacy of the European leagues within the next […]

Juventus’s hopes of reaching the Champions League last eight suffered a blow when the Italian champions slumped to a 1-0 defeat in their last-16 first leg at Lyon. Midfielder Lucas Tousart scored the only goal on 31 minutes to give Lyon, who are bidding to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010, a […]

Ireland Six Nations matches the first events to fallGiro d’Italia, Cheltenham festival and Olympics under threat A large number of the year’s prestigious sporting events are at risk as the coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, with the organisers of the Six Nations, the Cheltenham Festival, the Giro d’Italia, Euro 2020 and the Tokyo […]

For Manchester City it would have been easy to think this was set to be another of those frustrating Champions League matches, when the little details were against them, when their best attacking efforts came to nothing.Pep Guardiola’s team were looking comfortable despite the loss of their key defender, Aymeric Laporte, to injury in the […]

Former player posthumously diagnosed with disease‘It is pretty scary,’ says former AFL star John PlattenGraham “Polly” Farmer has become the first Australian rules footballer to be diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).Farmer has been posthumously diagnosed with stage III CTE following tests on tissue from the former ruck’s brain at Sydney’s Royal […]