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In phone call, Erdogan tells Putin to clear Kurdish forces from northern Syria

Turkish president urges his Russian counterpart to implement terms of 2019 agreement that called for a 30-kilometer-deep buffer zone on border

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U.S. Builds New Firewall to Stop Spread of Militant Islamists

Hundreds of American troops join Western allies in Niger to block al Qaeda and Islamic State from advancing violence and influence in West Africa. “I don’t know that I’d call them winning. I‘d certainly say they’re holding.”

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Bialik to get birthday concert at crossroads of east and west

The renowned poet’s 150th will be marked with Tel Aviv show of the Andalusian Orchestra, featuring singers Berry Sakharov, Rita, Ester Rada, Shlomi Shaban and others

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Lockerbie Bombing Suspect Is in U.S. Custody

The Libyan explosives expert is believed by U.S. and U.K. authorities to have constructed the explosive device used to destroy a commercial jetliner over Scotland in 1988.

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A suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland is in U.S. custody

A suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, is in U.S. custody.

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The U.S. has taken custody of the alleged bomb maker in the 1988 Lockerbie attack

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 killed 270 people, including 190 Americans, and launched a decades-long international manhunt for the attackers. (Image credit: Martin Cleaver/AP)

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Russian arms dealer says he wished Griner good luck at prisoner exchange

(Reuters) -Viktor Bout, the arms dealer freed in a prisoner swap for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, said he wished her good luck on the tarmac in Abu Dhabi where they were exchanged. Bout, who spent 14 years in U.S.

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Ukraine war: Odesa and Melitopol under attack – BBC

Ukraine war: Odesa and Melitopol under attack  BBC News Wrap: Russian drones attack power grid in southern Ukraine  PBS NewsHour Russia drones smash power network in Ukraine’s Odesa, leaving 1.5 million without power  Yahoo News 1.5 Million Ukrainians Without Power After Russian Drone

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Libyan Charged in 1988 Lockerbie Plane Bombing Is in FBI Custody – The New York Times

Libyan Charged in 1988 Lockerbie Plane Bombing Is in FBI Custody  The New York Times Lockerbie bombing suspect in US custody  BBC Lockerbie bombing suspect is now in US custody, Scottish authorities say  CNN AP Top News at 8:39 a.m. EST  The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Lockerbie bomb maker suspect is in U.S. custody, Scottish prosecutors say

LONDON (Reuters) – A man accused of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988 is in custody in the United States, Scottish prosecutors said on Sunday. The United States had announced

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