Al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri stressed Wednesday that “rumors implicating the name of the State of Qatar in the current Lebanese events are definitely baseless.” “Qatar is a brotherly state that cares about Lebanon’s stability and it did not hesitate to help the country under all circumstances,” Hariri tweeted. Hailing the “fraternal ties” with Qatar and its political leadership, ...

Israeli officials expressed concern that the discovery of an extensive gas field off the coast of Egypt could upend Israeli development of its energy resources. The Italian energy company Eni SpA on Sunday announced the discovery of the largest gas field in the Mediterranean, threatening a deal between the Israeli government and developers that was based on expectations of substantial ...

James Massola Australia’s peak Jewish group has rounded on Prime Minister Tony Abbott for suggesting Islamic State terrorists are in some ways worse than the Nazis. Mr Abbott said on Thursday a decision on whether Australia would join the United States in launching air strikes on Syria, in addition to Iraq, would be made next week when Defence Minister Kevin Andrews returned ...

By: Vic Alhadeff The Daily Telegraph IN a bile-filled rant, a Sydney preacher recently called for death to a group of Australians because of their ethnic identity. The law was unable to do anything about it. It was impotent, powerless to act. Ismail al-Wahwah, spiritual leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir, accused Jews of corrupting the world, describing them as “the most ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday he believes Middle East peace talks can be relaunched, a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was ready to resume direct talks with the Palestinians. “I believe there is a chance and I think it is imperative we have not lost sight of that issue,” Kerry said in an ...

The Islamic State group claimed twin bombings of a Shiite mosque that killed at least 28 people and wounded 75 in the Yemeni capital Wednesday. The Sunni extremist group, which has claimed similar bombings in the past, said a man named Qusai al-Sanaani blew himself inside the mosque and that a bomb-laden vehicle parked nearby subsequently exploded. The attack was ...

Satellite images have confirmed another famous temple in the Syrian city of Palmyra has been destroyed, according to the United Nations. The UN training and research agency (UNITAR) released images today showing before and after the explosion on 30 August at Palmyra’s ancient temple of Bel by Islamic State. The image shows almost nothing remains according to UN satellite analysts Unosat. Last ...

An air strike by warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition targeted a bomb-making factory, which killed 36 civilians working at a bottling plant in the northern Yemeni province of Hajjah on Sunday according to residents. Almost 4,500 people, including 1,950 civilians, have died since the coalition started its campaign in March and that there is now a humanitarian “catastrophe,” according to the UN. “The ...

Four victims were burning to death by ISIS and the execution video was posted online by ISIS militants. The victims are identified as fighters in the pro-government Popular Mobilisation forces from southern Iraq. They were forced to wear orange jumpsuit and tied to chains by their hands and feet, and were hung from a metal frames. And then, one of the ISIS fighters carried torch to set on fire according ...

  WRITTEN BY EDITOR KALAHAN DENG   It’s true that an evil man seeketh only rebellion and his mouth destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. The mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride and his wickedness has driven him away from among civilized society. The violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Deceit is in ...