New Joint Chiefs chairman looks over war zone in Iraq
By LOLITA C. BALDOR The new top U.S. military officer said Tuesday he sees no prospect right now for Russia to expand its airstrike campaign into Iraq, speaking after briefings…
Middle East
Eritrean dies after Israeli guard shoots him, mob attacks
By DANIEL ESTRIN An Eritrean migrant shot by an Israeli security guard and then attacked by bystanders who mistook him for an assailant in a deadly bus station attack has…
Arab attackers open fire on Israeli bus station, wounding 5
By TIA GOLDENBERG Two Arab attackers opened fire in a bus station in southern Israel on Sunday, wounding five people, one critically, in one of the boldest attacks yet of…
The Latest: Israel: Palestinian stabs soldier in Hebron
The latest developments in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence (all times local). ___ 7:30 p.m. Israeli authorities are reporting another stabbing by a Palestinian assailant in the volatile West Bank…
Senior al-Qaida commander killed in an airstrike in Syria
By BASSEM MROUE An airstrike has killed a top al-Qaida commander and two other fighters in Syria, activists said Saturday, but it was not immediately clear whether it was carried…
Palestinian with ‘press’ logo on shirt shot dead in stabbing
By NASSER SHIYOUKHI A Palestinian man wearing a T-shirt with the word “press” written on it in large letters stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier in the West Bank city…
Israel accuses Abbas of incitement over false death claim
The Palestinian president ignited an uproar in Israel on Thursday after falsely claiming that Israel had “executed” a 13-year-old Palestinian boy who is recovering in an Israeli hospital, drawing new…
Israeli army begins deploying in Jerusalem against attacks
The Israeli military began deploying hundreds of troops in cities across the country on Wednesday to assist police forces in countering a wave of deadly Palestinian shooting and stabbing attacks…