Syria’s new regime hits Hezbollah targets in Lebanon over claims its fighters were executed

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government has disqualified an anti-war opponent in the upcoming presidential election, citing signature irregularities. The Russian Central Election Commission announced Thursday that Civic Initiative Party candidate Boris Nadezhdin has been disqualified from running against Putin. Authorities claimed that approximately 15% of the signatures of endorsement produced by the Nadezhdin campaign were irregular […]

Turkish authorities have arrested two people suspected of providing information to the Israeli spy agency, a top official said Friday, in the latest in a series of such arrests in Turkey. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the suspects allegedly gathered information about people and companies of interest to Israel and passed on the data and […]