Nuseirat, Palestinian Territories - With a pot of glue, a blade and a keen eye, Manal al-Saadani repairs tattered banknotes...
An initial US plan which was heavily weighted in Russia's favor has been replaced by one taking in more of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced a surprise Easter truce in Ukraine, set to last until midnight on Sunday...The short-term order for Russia's troops to halt all combat activity comes after months of US President Donald Trump pushing both Moscow and Kyiv to agree a truce
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a social media post responded sceptically to the truce proposal, accusing Putin of attempting to "play with human lives."
- A Tunisian court has handed down jail sentences of up to 66 years to multiple defendants, including prominent opposition figures,...
The trial, decried by a defence lawyer as a "masquerade", is of unprecedented scale with around 40 defendants including vocal critics of President Kais Saied
Among those sentenced were well-known opposition figures, lawyers and business people, with some already in prison for two years while others were in exile or still free
- Western countries including the United States have long accused Iran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons - an allegation Tehran...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will hold the Oman-mediated talks in Rome
Tehran and Washington have had no diplomatic relations since shortly after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution
- Gaza's civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal said early Friday that crews had "recovered the bodies of 10 martyrs and a...
Hamas chief negotiator urged international pressure to end Israel's complete blockade of Gaza that began on March 2.
The appeal comes after the United Nations warned of worsening conditions and shortages of medicine and other essentials for the Palestinian territory's 2.4 million besieged people.
- Jerusalem, Undefined -- By seizing large swathes of the Gaza Strip, Israel is redrawing the map of the Palestinian territory,...
Nearly all Gazans have been displaced at least once, and many now live in schools turned shelters, under tents and in other makeshift shelters.
Some Israeli figures who advocate for the return of settlements in the Gaza Strip -- which were evacuated in 2005 -- claim to have concrete plans and make regular visits.
Beijing, China -- While China's leaders use their economic and political might to fight Donald Trump's trade war "to the...Defiant posts have shot to the top of most-searched lists on social media, flooding platforms with patronizing comments and jokes.
In one video, a Chinese internet user opens his hands to reveal what goods he buys from the United States -- nothing.
The US military said it had destroyed a key Yemeni fuel port as it targets the country's Huthi rebels, who...The attack on the Ras Issa fuel port aimed to cut off a source of supplies and funds for the Iran-backed Huthis, the US military said
Washington has hammered the Huthis with near-daily air strikes since March 15 in a bid to end their attacks on civilian shipping and military vessels
- The Palestinian militants' chief negotiator spoke out after civil defence rescuers in Gaza said new Israeli air strikes killed at...
A Hamas source told AFP that the group sent a written response Thursday to mediators on Israel's latest proposal for a 45-day ceasefire
It also called for the freeing of 1,231 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza
Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal said two Israeli missiles hit several tents in the Al-Mawasi area of the southern city...Bassal said that Israeli strikes on two other encampments killed a further nine people -- seven in the northern town of Beit Lahia, and a father and son near Al-Mawasi.
Two more attacks in Jabalia -- one that killed at least seven members of the Asaliya family, and another that killed six people at a school being used as a shelter.
- Qatar is to renew a $60 million grant to pay the salaries of Lebanon's army and provide 162 military vehicles,...
The Lebanese President arrived in Qatar on Tuesday accompanied by foreign minister Youssef Raggi, and departed Doha on Wednesday afternoon
The gas-rich Gulf state in February pledged support for reconstruction in Lebanon and was already a provider of financial and in-kind support to the Lebanon
