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Israel OKs new funds for settlements
Israel approves an additional USD 13 million in funding for illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Israel approves an additional USD 13 million in funding for illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has made an unannounced visit to Baghdad for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans cross into Colombia to buy basic goods amid the ongoing economic crisis.

Iran and Bulgaria sign a number of agreements on various fields, including agriculture, transport and nuclear energy.

Here’s a look at what the United States did in Afghanistan during the longest military conflict in its recent history.

North Korea has pledged “physical response” to US deployment of the sophisticated THAAD missile system in Korean Peninsula.

Boeing says either it should also be allowed to deal with Iran or its rivals should also scrap their contracts with the country.

Foreign-backed Takfiri militants fire rockets at several neighborhoods in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, killing at least eight people.

Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants attack an army base southwest of the Somali capital, killing 10 soldiers.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Saudi Arabia aims to destroy Yemen’s economy by deliberately striking Yemeni factories, warehouses, farms and power plants.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry dismisses a recent NATO communiqué concerning the Islamic Republic’s missile program.

Barack Obama says Washington and Madrid should step up military ties in the face of “Russian aggression.”

China's official news agency says a win for Japanese PM’s ruling bloc in general elections threatens regional stability.

A high-ranking member of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group is killed in an Iraqi airstrike in the Iraqi province of Salahuddin.

People in Bahrain rally in condemnation of the Al Khalifah regime’s decision to strip Bahraini Shia cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim of his citizenship.

A youth kills three Turkish police officers before being killed himself by other officers in the city of Sanliurfa in southeast Turkey, Turkish media say.

The Egyptian FM seeks to support the Palestinian cause while meeting with the Israeli PM, whose extremist regime is viewed as the main obstacle to peace for Palestinians.

The UN urges South Sudan’s neighbors to help end fresh fighting between rival factions in the African country.