Gaza’s ‘night disturbers’ agitate Israeli border villagers ahead of…
Hurling pipe bombs and setting off firecrackers, “Night Disturbance Units” have become a new phenomenon on the…
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Acting US defense secretary not decided yet on funding border wall
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Saturday he had not yet determined whether a border wall…
Egypt, Sudan to set up joint patrols against cross-border threats
Egypt and Sudan, which face cross-border threats from militias operating in Libya, agreed on Sunday to set up joint…
Egypt to open Rafah border crossing this weekend ahead of hajj season
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has ordered the country's Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip be…
Trump urges China to maintain tight North Korea border ahead of summit
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged China on Monday to maintain a secure border with North Korea, pressing…
Iraqi Shia paramilitaries deploy to Syrian border
Iraqi Shia paramilitary groups have deployed to the frontier to back up border guard forces who came under fire…
Egypt expresses deepest condolences over earthquake victims in Iraq and Iran
A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry expressed deepest condolences over the victims of an earthquake that…
Islamic State on verge of defeat after fresh losses in Syria and Iraq
Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate was on the verge of final defeat on Friday, with Syrian government…
Turkey’s Erdogan says may shut Iraqi border any moment: Hurriyet
President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey may shut its border with northern Iraq “at any moment” after closing its air…
Iran sends tanks to border with Iraq’s Kurdish region, Kurdish official says
Iran deployed a dozen tanks supported by artillery at its border with Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region on Monday,…
ISIS ceasefire deal convoy reaches east Syria: Hezbollah-run media
A convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families reached an exchange point in eastern Syria on Tuesday, a…
Tough choice for Trump if Congress refuses border wall financing
President Donald Trump is unlikely to win congressional support for funds he wants for a proposed U.S.-Mexico…
Fellow Republicans rebuke Trump over government shutdown threat
President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans rebuked him on Wednesday after his threat to shut down the U.S.…
Trump unshackled: President defends Charlottesville response at raucous rally
U.S. President Donald Trump revved up supporters on Tuesday with a defence of his response to a white…
Lebanese army, Hezbollah declare offensives on ISIS at Syrian border
The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeast border with…
3 dead in powerful explosion in Pakistan
A Pakistan official says three people are dead after a powerful explosion ripped through a small town in the…
Lebanon’s army prepares to clear border area of ISIS militants
Lebanon’s U.S.-backed military is gearing up for a long-awaited assault to dislodge hundreds of Islamic State (IS)…
Israel lining up to build 3-km barrier on Egypt-Israel border: paper
Israel said it is preparing to build a 3-kilometre-long underground barrier along the Israeli-Egyptian border to…
Turkey warns new military moves in Syria imminent
Turkey's president reiterated Saturday that new cross-border operations into Syria are in the works as the country…
7,000 Syrian refugees and fighters return home from Lebanon
More than a hundred buses carrying thousands of al-Qaeda-linked fighters and Syrian refugees drove down a dirt…
Ceasefire reached on Lebanon-Syria border: sources
Fighting between Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and a former Al-Qaeda affiliate on the Syria-Lebanon border halted…
Venezuelans fearing vote violence flee to Colombia
The flow of Venezuelans crossing the border into Colombia to escape unrest and penury at home has become a torrent…
China reportedly boosts defence preparations along North Korean border
China has ramped up its defences along its border with North Korea to ready itself for a potential crisis on the…
Trump’s administration seeks to sidestep border wall environmental study
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol plans to use a 2005 anti-terror law to sidestep an environmental impact study…
Oil minister says Egypt to start exploration in Red Sea after islands deal
Egypt's Oil Minister Tarek El-Molla said Thursday that the recently implemented Egyptian-Saudi maritime border…
Lebanese PM says army to carry out operation at Syria’s border
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Tuesday the army would carry out an operation in an area of the…
Erdogan says Turkey to respond to any threats on its border
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey would not watch passively as weapons are sent to Kurdish…
Hamas delegation visit Egypt to discuss security situation
A Palestinian delegation from Hamas, including representatives from interior ministries, arrived in Egypt on…
‘Committee found no legal foundation for Red Sea islands possession’:…
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told Egypt MPs on Sunday that the government approved signing a maritime border…
US, Turkey discuss Qatar spat, Syria on phone call
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed developments in Syria and…
Pakistan reopens Afghanistan border crossing after deadly clash
Pakistan reopened a major border crossing with Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, more than three weeks…
Syrian force urges Raqqa jihadists to surrender by end-May
A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian militias promised on Thursday that no harm would come to Islamic State fighters…
Sisi: ‘Egypt does not conspire against anyone’
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Wednesday that his country does not conspire against anyone, in…
South Korea military fires warning shots at object flying near border with North Korea
South Korea's military on Tuesday fired warning shots towards an unidentified object flying over the border from…
U.S.-led coalition denies air strikes on militant held Syrian town
The U.S-led coalition on Tuesday denied its warplanes bombed a Syrian border town in the Islamic held eastern…
Syria’s army sends reinforcements toward border with Iraq: rebels
The Syrian army aided by Iranian-backed militias was moving troops to a desert region near its border with Iraq…
India: Pakistan firing over disputed Kashmir border kills two
A father and daughter were killed in the Indian part of the disputed Kashmir region on Saturday in Pakistani…
Death toll in Turkish raids on Syria Kurds hits 28: monitor
The toll in Turkish air raids on Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria rose to 28 killed, a monitor said…
Trump’s push to fund wall may be delayed as government shutdown looms
U.S. President Donald Trump indicated an openness on Monday to delaying his push to secure funds for his promised…
Le Pen says would suspend Schengen within two months
Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that if elected she would immediately suspend France's…