*By Rene Tebel Russian forces are unable to hold Zmiyinyy, or Snake Island, which was taken on the first day of the invasion...

ALBAWABA - Its breaking and trending. Turkish police arrest and Iranian group that were planning to assassinate the former Israeli General Consul in Turkey according to Hebrew news media sources...

A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol, Ukraine, theater where hundreds of civilians were sheltering in March was a war crime, Amnesty International said Thursday...

British billionaire Sir Richard Branson travelled to Ukraine yesterday, where he met president Volodymyr Zelensky and visited Hostomel airport - the scene of a bloody and destructive battle early in the war...

Israeli lawmakers voted Thursday to pass the final readings of a bill to dissolve the Knesset (Israel’s parliament), paving the way for snap elections slated for Nov...

Russia on Thursday said its forces have completed their withdrawal from Ukraine’s Snake Island in the northwestern Black Sea...

ALBAWABA - The Israeli army announces that an Jewish colonel was wounded as a result of a shootout by Palestinians in the Joseph Tomb area in Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank according to Annahar...

New Zealand has quietly designated the Proud Boys and The Base, two right-wing extremist groups in the United States, as terrorist organizations...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Wednesday his decision to cut off all diplomatic ties with Russia's main ally Syria...

ALBAWABA - When will the civil war in Syria end? Absolute madness. One feels there maybe a conspiracy from everyone - including those parties inside Syria and the world-over to keep the war going...

U.S. and EU diplomats urged to refrain from violence against the pro-democracy protests planned on Thursday as Congressmen renewed calls for targeted sanctions on the coup leaders...

Pro-government television presenters and state newspapers in Egypt are at the forefront of a "campaign against journalism", Reporters Without Borders (RSF) charged Thursday...

The crescent moon marking the beginning of the month of Zul Hijjah was sighted in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, June 29, according to authorities in the Kingdom...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday announced he will not run in the nation's next parliamentary election...

The number of deaths rose to 53 in a tractor-trailer tragedy in the US state of Texas after two more migrants died, according to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday...

A French court on Wednesday found Salah Abdeslam guilty of murder and terrorism in the 2015 Paris attacks trial...

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said Wednesday he handed his government formation to the country's President Michel Aoun...

ALBAWABA - The Covid-19 virus is back in Israel ravaging patients to the hilt. Its been creeping up slowly and this week it registered a huge spiral with 70 percent among seriously ill patients...

NATO leaders gathered in Spain on Wednesday to begin a summit amid the "most serious security crisis" the world has faced since World War II, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said...

Kherson region, a city located south of Ukraine, is recently preparing for a referendum to formally join Russia, a Moscow-backed official said during a video shared on Telegram on Wednesday...