Middle East

Cairo (dpa) – Several convicted terrorists escaped a prison in Bahrain on Sunday after an armed attack in which one policeman was killed, the Interior Ministry said. The attack, carried out by unknown gunmen, targeted Bahrain’s Jau Prison, the ministry said on Twitter. “Security agencies are intensifying search and investigation in order to arrest the […]

Two businesspeople have admitted to investigators of the Israel Police Lahav 433 National Fraud Unit that on several occasions they gave gifts to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to his son Yair, Walla! News reports. The two were questioned in the course of the inquiry into allegations against Netanyahu that became a criminal investigation last

Israel on Sunday said it would stop handing over the bodies of Palestinians killed in attacks in an effort to force Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, to hand over the bodies of Israelis it has … The Israeli authorities said that the Palestinians’ bodies would be buried, rather than being handed over to their

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Sunday said that his government suspects Israel of being behind the assassination of Hamas engineer Mohamed Zaouari, Haaretz reported. Zaouari, an aviation scientist, was shot to death outside his home in Sfax, Tunisia, on December 15. Hamas said two days after his death that he was a member of

At least 32 people were killed and 61 injured in a suicide car bomb attack in Baghdad on Monday. The attack was carried out by ISIS, in “honor” of French President Fran&ccedilois Hollande’s visit to French troops in Iraq. The bomber blew himself up while driving a pickup truck near an outdoor produce markert in

Hamas said on Sunday that 21 of its members were killed in tunnel collapses in Gaza during 2016, Kol Yisrael radio reported. According to the terror group, seven of the 21 were killed in a tunnel in eastern Gaza City which collapsed six months ago during work to repair the damage caused to the tunnel

Foreigners, including many nationals of Arab countries, were among the dead in the New Year shooting rampage at an Istanbul nightclub, officials said on Sunday. A total of 39 people were killed in the assault at the exclusive Reina club on the shores of the Bosphorus and 65 injured, officials said. Here is a breakdown