JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on course to securing a record fifth term with another right-wing coalition, Israeli TV exit polls indicated after voting ended on Tuesday (April 9), as both he and his principal rival claimed victory. Netanyahu, in power consecutively since 2009, is fighting for his political survival. He faces […]

Benjamin Netanyahu will pass a political landmark to become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, if he wins another term in office in elections on 9 April. This would be a remarkable achievement for a politician who was branded by critics as too inexperienced when he was narrowly elected for the first time in 1996. As he […]

Israel has been in the grip of a pivotal election, with voters torn between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, a former army chief. The leadership of Mr. Netanyahu, who is entangled in a corruption scandal, has deepened divisions and pushed the country to the right. The question is: Can Israelis imagine a future […]

If Israel were to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised in his re-election campaign, it would be a potentially fatal blow to the already tattered prospects for a peace agreement with side-by-side states, and could unleash a new round of violence, Palestinians warned on Monday. But among Palestinians […]

After months of fighting, the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) has finally lost Baghuz, a village in eastern Syria that came to represent the final chapter in its self-styled caliphate. While this is a major blow, the loss of the small enclave near the Iraqi border does not spell the end of IS as a […]

Israelis head to the polls on Tuesday for a general election in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for his political survival. Here are five things to know about the contest, and what to expect. 1. This is the closest fought election Israel has seen for years Benjamin Netanyahu is running for his fifth […]

JERUSALEM — As Israelis get ready to go to the polls on Tuesday, a stark, fateful and long-deferred choice has suddenly reappeared to confront them after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unexpected promise to begin extending sovereignty over the West Bank if he is re-elected. Do voters want to make permanent their country’s control over the […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he would annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins another term in office, a last-minute pre-election promise likely to enrage Palestinians and the Arab world. In an interview with Israeli Channel 12 News three days ahead of the April 9 poll, Netanyahu […]

HASAKA, SYRIA (REUTERS) – The paramedics’ log at al-Hol camp in eastern Syria lists the injuries and ailments of infants rushed from the battlefield to its crowded, dirty clinic: malnourishment, stunted growth, broken leg. Those in critical need – mostly emaciated babies born in war to the wives of dead ISIS militants – are taken […]

Mummified mice are among the artefacts discovered in a decorated tomb recently unearthed near the Egyptian town of Sohag. The mice and other animals surrounded two mummified human bodies and the burial chamber contains detailed paintings of funeral processions and people working in the fields. Experts say the tomb is more than 2,000 years old […]