A car bomb targeted Sunday a checkpoint in Al-Maziq, northern Sabha, in south Libya, killing two criminal investigation apparatus officers and injuring others, according to a security source. The source said one of the two killed officers is Ibrahim Abdelnabi who has a high rank at the apparatus in Sabha, …

U.S. and British diplomats urged Houthi forces to end an offensive in northern Yemen on Sunday after at least 17 people were killed in an explosion which the Saudi-backed government blamed on a Houthi missile strike. The Houthi group, which ousted the government from the capital, Sanaa, in late 2014 …

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the country’s business and political elite at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) Friday, where 5,000 had gathered in his home city for what organizers have hailed as the world’s first post-pandemic event of its kind. The forum was staged despite Russia recording around …

The Biden administration’s apparent decision to pull a license for a US company to operate in oil fields in northeast Syria is grounded in the hope that it can negotiate with Moscow on two key aid channels into the country in exchange for pulling out of the oil fields, sources …

The Biden administration has decided it will not renew a waiver that allowed a politically connected U.S. oil company to operate in northeast Syria under President Donald Trump’s pledge to “keep the oil” produced in the region, according to a U.S. official familiar with the decision. Treasury Department rules prohibit …

Usually, Argaman would give such warnings privately to the political echelon who would decide how to notify the public. Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) Director Nadav Argaman issued a rare public warning on Saturday sounding alarm bells that the current atmosphere of incitement could lead to tragic bloodshed in Israel. …

It’s strange that Argaman and Hamburger released warnings just as, on the eve of Rabin’s assassination, Shin Bet head Karmi Gilon and the same psychologist released quieter warnings that didn’t work. The Shin Bet chief’s announcement regarding the need to lower the flames and incitement on social media, and his …

Israeli F-35 stealth fighter jets are taking part in a large-scale drill in Italy, marking the first time that the fifth generation plane has been deployed outside of Israel for drills. The IAF jets that took off from Israel on Thursday, will participate in the two-week-long Falcon Strike 2021 drill …

The coalition formed by Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid and Yamina head and Prime Minister-elect Naftali Bennett is expected to swear in on Wednesday. Here is the full plan: Sunday or Monday Yamina MK Nir Orbach to announce whether he will vote for the government, or quit his Knesset seat. …

Four of Yamina’s six MKs have been assigned security guards Yamina MKs Nir Orbach and Idit Silman area to receive a security detail until further notice, the Knesset’s serjeant-at-arms said on Sunday afternoon. The decision comes amid a wave of threats to the two MKs who had been teetering between …