Israelis and Palestinians are bracing themselves for a tense and ­potentially violent week, with no sign of a ­ceasefire likely in Gaza and calls from Hamas for protest marches around the Islamic world to mark the start of Ramadan on Monday. Earlier this month, a halt to hostilities before the …

The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Monday imposed sanctions on what it said was an international fundraising and money-laundering network for the al Shabaab militant group operating in Somalia. The sanctions targeted 16 entities and individuals across the Horn of Africa region, the United Arab Emirates and Cyprus, the …

Palestinian Islamic Jihad is calling for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to be filled with “terror and panic,” and for the first day of the month to be a “global day of support for Gaza,” according to a statement issued by Abu Hamza, the spokesperson for al-Quds Brigades, the …