Riyadh – Moments before Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered last October, two of his suspected murderers laying in wait at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate fretted about the task at hand, according to a U.N. report published on Wednesday. Will it “be possible to put the trunk in a bag?” asked Maher Mutreb, [...]

Washington – At a time when the United States says China is aggressively spying on its government, a push by President Donald Trump to fix the system that determines who can and cannot be trusted with secrets is behind schedule and disorganized, according to U.S. officials and an internal agency report. While the process for [...]

San Francisco – Apple Inc and Best Buy Co Inc said on Wednesday that they have extended a partnership that will allow the Minneapolis-based retailer’s technicians fix iPhones at any Best Buy store in the United States. The deal between the two companies will cover all 992 U.S. Best Buy stores, up from about 225 [...]

Beijing, China – Israel’s Xsight Systems said on Wednesday that its hazard detection technology will be installed on runways of a new mega-airport in China scheduled to open later this year. Xsight’s artificial intelligence-based system improves runway safety and capacity by monitoring and detecting any forms of debris or hazards and can prevent incidents like [...]

United Arab Emirates – The limpet mines used to attack a Japanese-owned oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz last week bore “a striking resemblance” to similar mines displayed by Iran, a U.S. Navy explosives expert said Wednesday, stopping short of directly blaming Tehran for the assault. Iran has denied being involved in the attack [...]

Paris – A 79-year-old Jewish woman was wounded outside a Paris synagogue from a metal ball hurled at her head. The victim of the attack Tuesday in the French capital’s 11th district was taken to hospital with some cranial damage and loss of blood. Her condition is stable, France Bleu reported Wednesday. Witnesses outside the [...]

The Hague – Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed, in a trial to start in the Netherlands next March, an investigation team said on Wednesday. The suspects are likely to be tried in [...]

Geneva – Evidence suggests Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman and other senior Saudi officials are liable for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a U.N. rights investigator said on Wednesday. There was no immediate reaction from Riyadh which was sent the 100-page report in advance – but the kingdom has regularly denied accusations [...]

Jerusalem – A watchtower dating to the rule of Judean King Hezekiah in the 8th century BCE was recently uncovered by IDF paratroopers carrying out archeological excavations in an IDF base in southern Israel. The excavation was conducted together with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) as part of the project called “the Nature Defense Forces [...]

Jerusalem – Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday attended a mass multi-corps IDF exercise in the north along with IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi. The large-scale military exercise began on Sunday and will end on Thursday, and is taking place in various parts of the country, including the Jordan Valley, the Upper [...]