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The Russian monitoring center in Syria reports three separate shelling attacks by jihadists in the north.... Pro-Government sources in Syria say 23 wounded in an Israeli airstrike late Friday night in northern Syria's Hama Province..... The Finnish election Sunday and as is the usual case many parties getting a chunk of the vote. The party currently leading the government, the Center Party repudiated in the election falling to 13.8 percent of the vote.... The British political scene shaking up in recent polling for the European Parliament elections now on for May 23rd as Prime Minister Theresa May continues to delay...

When the voting in Israel's General Election was over with the polls closed at 10pm local time, 3pm Eastern US time, exit polls came out showing different notions of who finished first.... The votes of soldiers remain to be counted and while Benjamin Netanyhu proclaims victory, Benny Gantz is saying the vote is not final yet..... British Prime Minister Theresa May meeting Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday trying to delay the Brexit deadline now set for Friday.... President Trump has until Friday to decide on an appeal of a federal judge's ruling Monday that asylum...

The exit polling shows that the "Blue and White" of former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz is at 37 seats in the 120 seat.... Now media reports clearly state that Bibi Netanyahu is the winner of the election because he can form a coalition with parties on the Right that Benny Gantz could not..... Still to be counted the votes of the soldiers.....

Israelis cast their votes on Tuesday in a hotly-contested election, pitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud against Benny Gantz's Kahol Lavan. With exit polls expected shortly, parties across the political spectrum called on their supporters to vote, some out of fear that they will fail to cross the electoral threshold, others merely seeking to instill a sense of emergency among supporters. Turnout has been historically lower in the Arab sector, and according to pollsters, Tuesday's election will see particularly low numbers. Netanyahu's Likud party provided activists with 1,200 hidden cameras "to monitor" Arab polling stations – a move that prompted...

On Tuesday, Israel will hold its 21st general legislative election, giving the country's 6.34 million eligible voters the opportunity to vote in the 120 members of the next Knesset. Unlike in the US and most parliamentary systems, Israel is not divided into electoral districts, and the entire country functions as a single de facto district, with all 120 Knesset seats allocated proportionally based on the nation-wide vote. Minimum Electoral Threshhold and Seat Allocation Any party which receives 3.25% or more of the vote is represented in the Knesset. Given historical trends of voter turnout, it is expected that some 4.4...

United States military forces stationed in Libya have been pulled out of the country. The United Nations also moving personnel out of the country as the Libyan National Army forces press their attack on the US-UN backed government that controls a small part of the country mostly around the capital city of Tripoli.... US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling for an end to the fighting and for negotiations between the warring factions..... As early as Monday, the United States is expected to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran as a "terrorist organization"..... Seven were killed in a...

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says that Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is racist. The former Texas congressman made the remark during a campaign stop on Sunday in Iowa. O’Rourke was asked on Sunday if his past criticisms of Netanyahu risked driving away Israel supporters from the Democratic Party. ‘The US-Israel relationship is one of the most important relationships that we have on the planet, and that relationship, if it is successful, must transcend partisanship in the United States, and it must be able to transcend a prime minister who is racist, as he warns against Arabs coming to the...

A general view shows the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2019. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Palestinians voiced alarm while Israelis weighed the gravity on Sunday of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s sudden election promise to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.Some Israeli commentators saw the right-wing leader’s pledge on Saturday, as Tuesday’s national ballot approaches, as mainly a bid to siphon votes from ultranationalist rivals long advocating annexation. But after years of resisting far-right calls to formally put West Bank land captured in the 1967 Middle East war under permanent Israeli hold, Netanyahu...

As The Daily Wire has reported before, Israeli Prime Minister faces next week what is likely his toughest election yet. For starters, as The Daily Wire reported in February, he is now under formal indictment: On Thursday, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced that his office would be formally indicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on one count of bribery and two counts of fraud and breach of trust. The indictments pertain to three different cases that spanned two years of investigations. The timing of the indictments gives off the perception of potential political motivation — Israel will hold national...

The Battle of Brexit. Prime Minister Theresa May has maintained that her deal achieved with the European Union is Brexit.... Late News: Prime Minister Theresa May now seeking to extend the deadline again with permission from the European Union and seek cooperation with the opposition Labor Party...... "an attack on free speech" That message from Australian Independent Senator Fraser Anning as he was censured by the Australian Senate for his views expressed following the terror attacks on two mosques in New Zealand last month..... Strict new Islamic laws coming into force in Brunei Wednesday, a nation on an island off...

The Palestinian leader spoke in advance of the anticipated roll out of what US President Donald Trump is calling the “Plan of the Century” to resolve the Israeli-Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Trump Administration will allow Israel to annex portions of the West Bank and split the Gaza Strip from the West Bank so that it can be a state of its own, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday. Speaking at the Arab League summit in Tunisia, "What is coming from the US is more dangerous and serious,” he said. “The US will tell Israel, annex part of the Palestinian...

A summary of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's report was sent to Congress Sunday by Attorney General William Barr and its conclusion is that there was no collusion or conspiracy with Russia by President Trump or his campaign in 2016. "Total EXONERATION" was part of President Trump's Twitter post in response to the news...... A surprise interview in Israel Saturday night as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for his trip to the United States..... Channel 12 was the media outlet that leaked out word the other week that Netanyahu's primary opponent in Israel's April 9th election, Benny Gantz, of the "Blue...

The Battle of Brexit and Prime Minister Theresa May getting help from the European Union leaders with late night action Thursday. The EU leaders agreeing to the extension of the Brexit deadline beyond March 29th so May can continue to arm twist Parliament for her plan..... A top aide of Venezuela's Interim President Juan Guaido has been detained. Guaido's Chief of Staff detained by secret police agents of SEBIN who raided his home early Thursday morning at 2am local time. Guaido demands his immediate release. Roberto Marrero was taken away and his whereabouts are unknown... The latest news on the...

(Breaking News: Mass Shooting At Two Mosques In Christchurch, New Zealand) Police Commissioner Mike Bush says 49 were killed in the attacks..... Reaction to the attacks from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calling it 'the latest example of rising racism and Islamophobia'..... Documents unsealed this week confirm that Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller wants a subpoena and a contempt citation against a corporation owned by a foreign government.... The US Senate voting against President Trump's declaration of a national emergency to fund border security on the southern border..... Columnist Ann Coulter defining her differences with President Trump in her latest column...

At least 23 are reported dead after tornadoes ripped through Lee County, Alabama. The National Weather Service believes the first tornado to strike had winds up to 165 miles per hour, classified as an EF-3 tornado. The tornado said to be a half-mile wide..... Four American tourists and a pilot are dead in Kenya following a helicopter crash Sunday night.... Venezuela's Interim President Juan Guaido calling for mass protests Monday and Tuesday in Venezuela. Guaido asking for protests to start at 11 am Monday. Guaido set to return home Monday..... 16 Syrian soldiers killed, one captured and beheaded by Al-Qaeda...

Jerusalem (AFP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Russia are to form a joint team to examine the withdrawal of foreign forces from Syria. Israel is seeking the removal of Iranian forces and has vowed to keep its main enemy from entrenching itself militarily in the neighbouring country. Netanyahu met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Moscow to discuss Iran's presence in Syria. "I made it unequivocally clear that Israel will not allow the military entrenchment of Iran in Syria, and I also made it unequivocally clear that we would continue to take military action...

The talks with North Korea are one but the talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan continue tomorrow after a break. New energy added to the talks earlier this week between the US and Taliban with the addition of top Taliban leader Mullah Bardar..... Israel's Attorney General moving forward with the indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption cases..... The leader of the opposition in Canada calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign..... Nine votes in favor of a US resolution calling for humanitarian aid and free and fair elections for Venezuela in the UN Security Council.....

(BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan is saying it shot down two Indian jets in its airspace in Kashmir today. Pakistan says it bombed open ground but did not bomb six military targets it identified in the region. Pakistani Prime Minister Imram Khan says "We shot down two of their Migs. The pilots are with us". Khan has asked for dialogue with India.... A Saudi Arabian man, accused off the hit and run death of a 15-year-old in Oregon, is unlikely to face justice in the US. Abdulrahman Sameer Noorah was bailed out of jail in Oregon and surrendered his passport, but was...

In what could be interpreted as Turkish reaction to President Trump's decision to keep US troops in Syria after saying they would be withdrawn back in December, the Turkish Interior Minister says his government will reveal the links between Kurdish groups considered terrorists by Turkeu and American generals..... Hundreds of suspected Islamic State fighters have been turned over to Iraqi authorities by Kurdish forces operating in eastern Syria...... President Trump tweeted Sunday evening that sufficient progress has been made in trade talks with China to delay tariff increases.... The talks between Afghanistan's Taliban and the United States resumed today in...

Good Morning. From the White House backtracking on the planned withdrawal of US troops from Syria. "A small peacekeeping force of about 200 will remain in Syria for a period of time" The direct quote from White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.... In Israel three political groupings have come together Telem, Israel Resilience ad Yesh Atid to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party. Their united political movement is dubbed "Blue and White", Cacol Lavan in Hebrew...... In the UK this week a new political group forming.... Tomorrow in France Week 15 of the Yellow Vests protests.... Venezuela closing its...