LONDON (AP) — The European Union agreed Monday to delay Brexit by three months until Jan. 31, acting to avert a chaotic U.K. departure just three days before Britain was due to become the first country ever to leave the 28-nation bloc. The decision was welcomed by politicians in the U.K. and the EU as […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian Kurdish forces killed the right-hand man and spokesman for the Islamic State group in a joint operation with U.S. troops in northern Syria, just hours after U.S. special forces killed the extremist group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a Kurdish commander said Monday. The comments came a day after President Donald Trump […]

BERLIN (AP) — Voters in the German state of Thuringia have backed a popular governor from the ex-communist Left Party but also boosted a far-right party whose leader has vowed to deport migrants if he came to power. According to projections released by public broadcaster ZDF, the two parties on the extreme ends of the […]

LEBANON (JNS) Thousands of protesters planned to form a human chain across Lebanon on Sunday as tensions mounted between protesters and security forces, according to an AFP report. The country has been largely shut down as roads are blocked, and banks and schools have been closed for more than a week after demonstrations broke out […]

BEIRUT (MEMRI) — Lebanese protesters in Beirut’s Riad al-Solh Square have been trampling Israeli flags to demonstrate that “there is only one enemy, the Israeli enemy,” and that they serve no foreign interests and are not funded by foreign governments, Lebanese reporter Rima Hamdan said on Friday. In an Oct. 25 broadcast on Lebanon’s OTV, […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — The Sept. 14 combined cruise missile and drone attack on the Abqaiq Saudi oil facility, which caused extensive damage and has been attributed to Iran, is a “global wake-up call for understanding that the threat is here and now,” a senior former Israeli air-defense source told JNS on Thursday. The Saudis did […]

LONDON (AP) — UK police have charged a truck driver with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people in connection with 39 deaths in the back of the truck he was driving in southeastern England. Police say Maurice Robinson, 25, of Craigavon, Northern Ireland is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates Court on […]

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The United States marked the 25th anniversary of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. “Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Peace between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Israel, an agreement that began a tradition of peaceful and respectful cooperation that continues […]

JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump Sunday on the targeted killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “I want to congratulate President Trump on the impressive achievement, an operation that led to the death of the Daash leader Al Baghdadi,” said Netanyahu. “This reflects the united resolve of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump says the U.S. military raid that took out Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a bigger deal than the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden during the Obama administration. Trump is detailing the operation during an announcement at the White House. The president acknowledges that the death of bin […]