AFP, JERUSALEM: Almost two-thirds of Israelis believe there will never be a peace agreement with the Palestinians, according to the results of an opinion poll published on Sunday. Sixty-four percent of the 646 Israeli and Arab Israeli respondents questioned said a peace accord would never be reached,…

AFP, AMSTERDAM: With its distinctive pirate-like flag flying from the mast, the sleek, high-speed concrete grey Ocean Warrior is the latest weapon in…

AFP, ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Sunday detained a brother of the US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen who is accused of masterminding the failed July coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Kutbettin Gulen was detained by police acting on a tip-off at the home of a relative in the Gaziemir…

AFP, CALAIS, France: French police used tear gas and water cannon to put down violent clashes with migrants and activists who attempted to hold a banned rally beside the squalid “Jungle” camp in Calais on Saturday, regional authorities said. The confrontation, the worst since February, lasted…

AFP, ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Sunday detained a brother of the US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen who is accused of masterminding the failed July coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Kutbettin Gulen was detained by police acting on a tip-off at the home of a relative in the Gaziemir…

AFP, RIYADH: Huthi rebels in Yemen are posing a threat to shipping in the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait, the Saudi-led coalition supporting the government said Sunday after an attack on an Emirati vessel. The coalition said Shiite Huthi militiamen had attacked the vessel “on its usual route to…

AFP, SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France: Some two months after jihadists murdered a French priest in cold blood while he was celebrating mass, the Normandy church he served for decades was to reopen its doors on Sunday. Observances laden with symbolism will be aimed at cleansing a sanctuary profaned by…