Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sent a district governor of Ramallah, Laila Ghannam, to personally deliver the cash to terrorist Muhannad Al-Halabi, who was part of the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
A video has emerged showing a man slapping French President Emmanuel Macron across the face during a visit to a town in the country’s southeast on Tuesday.
Israeli security forces guard the streets of Lod, weeks after rioters torched patrol cars, synagogues, and homes. Attackers who killed an Arab and a Jewish resident are still at large. And a mayor whom some blame for setting the stage for some of the worst domestic unrest in Israeli history remains in office.
The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog is warning Monday that North Korea’s nuclear activities remain “a cause for serious concern” as there are signs it might be reprocessing spent reactor fuel to extract plutonium – an ingredient that could be used for weapons.
Australian airline Qantas has said it was "disturbed" after learning of reports that organized crime has infiltrated the company to support drug trafficking efforts.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law to officially end the country’s Open Skies Treaty with the U.S. less than two weeks before his meeting with President Biden in Geneva.
Twitter declared a free and open Internet to be “an essential human right in modern society” Saturday morning after the Nigerian government banned access to the social media giant following a dispute with its president – even as critics say it suppresses conservative content and bans its own users.
A bride collapsed and died at the beginning of her wedding in India — so the groom married her younger sister instead after the body was moved to another room, according to reports.
No one attended an annual candlelight vigil inside Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Friday, but hundreds gathered on streets outside to remember China's deadly crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989 as Hong Kong police cordoned off much of the park to prevent gatherings.
A herd of 15 wild elephants that walked 500 kilometers (300 miles) from a nature reserve in China's mountain southwest were approaching the major city of Kunming on Wednesday as authorities rushed to try to keep them out of populated areas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday reportedly said in a meeting with allies that his potential replacement wouldn’t be able to stand up to President Biden.
A doctor working in a COVID-19 ward in northeastern India was severely beaten by a mob hours after the death of a patient that resulted in the swift condemnation of state officials and 24 arrests.
A container ship crashed into a crane at a port in Taiwan on Thursday, damaging a second crane, sending heavy cargo containers tumbling onto a dock and prompting workers to run for safety, a video shows.