Israeli Spy’s Warning: Tamir Pardo, a former director of Mossad, warned Israelis that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “extremist” government threatens to destroy the strategic relationship with the United States. In a column on the website of Israel’s Keshet 12 TV channel, Pardo writes, “The great risk for the State of …

“A new full-scale war will be more destructive for Israel itself.” A rocket strike in a Beirut suburb this week has reawakened fears of an expansion of war in the Middle East. The death of Saleh al-Aruri, one of Hamas’s longest-lived and most powerful leaders, and two commanders from the …

Attacks by Yemen’s Huthi rebels in the Red Sea have caused shipping companies to avoid the Suez Canal — a key source of revenue for Egypt as it battles a deep economic crisis. International Monetary Fund figures show 35 percent less cargo was transported through the Suez Canal in the …