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Area: 22,000 sq km. Population: 9.5m. Prime minister: Binyamin Netanyahu.

As fears mount over the potential of WW3, the UK will test its emergency alarm system for the first time in two years.

Recalling the end of the Second World War 80 years ago, Pope Leo quoted Pope Francis in denouncing the number of conflicts ...

Asia's dependence on Middle East oil and gas — and its relatively slow shift to clean energy — make it vulnerable to disruptions in shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic weakness ...

The White House is in full propaganda mode about the intelligence on Midnight Hammer. So are its critics. For now, ignore ...

Trump’s leadership style evinced with the Middle East, at once volatile and commanding, could be both an obstacle and an opportunity for Beijing.

Short of commanders, deprived of much of its tunnel network and unsure of support from its ally Iran, Hamas is battling to ...

President Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s three most significant nuclear sites on Saturday helped rid the world of a grave nuclear threat and was a large step toward restoring U.S. deterrence. It ...

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States and Israel’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities are a ...

Asia’s dependence on Middle East oil and gas — and its slow shift to clean energy — leave it vulnerable to disruptions in ...