Reports suggest some of Trump’s advisers would prefer Israel to initiate any strike, calculating that American public opinion would be...
The renewed diplomacy comes as Washington has deployed two aircraft carriers, additional jets and ships, and reinforced air defenses across...
India and Pakistan accused each other Thursday of carrying out waves of drone attacks, as deadly confrontations between the nuclear-armed...India launched missiles on Wednesday it said targeted "terrorist camps", and Pakistan retaliated with a barrage of artillery strikes, with at least 48 deaths reported on both sides
The South Asian neighbours have fought multiple wars over Kashmir since they were carved out of the sub-continent at the end of British rule in 1947
- Israel will do to Iran what it has done to Hamas in Gaza, Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Thursday, days...
Along with Hezbollah and Hamas, Yemen's Huthi rebels are part of Iran's "axis of resistance" against Israel and its ally the United States
Hezbollah began launching attacks in October 2023 in support of its ally Hamas following its unprecedented attack on southern Israel
More than 20 independent United Nations experts said the world faced a "stark decision" to "remain passive and witness the...A planned expanded offensive revealed by the Israeli military has drawn international condemnation, after UN agencies previously warned of humanitarian catastrophe
More than 20 independent United Nations experts said the world faced a "stark decision" to "remain passive and witness the slaughter of innocents or take part in a just resolution"
- India's army said it destroyed nine "terrorist camps" in Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday, two weeks after New...
Pakistan military spokesman Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said five Indian jets had been downed across the border
An Indian senior security source, who asked not to be named, said three of its fighter jets had crashed on home territory
- Yemen's Huthi rebels will continue targeting Israeli ships in the Red Sea, an official told AFP on Wednesday, despite a...
The Huthis, who have controlled large swathes of Yemen for more than a decade, began firing at Israel-linked shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in November 2023
They broadened their campaign to target ships tied to the United States and Britain after military strikes by the two countries began in January 2024
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday met French leader Emmanuel Macron on his first visit to Europe since overthrowing longtime...In Paris with Macron, Sharaa will discuss post-war reconstruction and economic cooperation, a Syrian government official said
France, a former colonial-era ruler of Syria, is eyeing an opportunity to increase its influence in the country after years of Russian presence
- Israel drew international condemnation over its plans for an expanded Gaza offensive, as the country's far-right finance minister called Tuesday...
European Union top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Tuesday told her Israeli counterpart in a call that the situation was "untenable."
Nearly all of the Palestinian territory's 2.4 million people have been displaced at least once during the war, sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack
- New Delhi, India - India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery along their contested frontier in Kashmir on Wednesday in a...
India and Pakistan have fought multiple wars over Kashmir since Partition in 1947
Ceasefire violations, insurgency, and major clashes like Kargil have marked decades of conflict.
- Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif accused Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of launching the strikes to "shore up" his...
New Delhi announced it had carried out "precision strikes at terrorist camps" at nine sites in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in Punjab state
The Indian army said "justice is served", with New Delhi adding that its actions "have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature."
Six months after Bashar al-Assad's fall, Turkey and Israel are both operating in Syria with starkly opposing agendas, stoking fears...Over the past week, Israel has struck deep inside Syria, with unconfirmed reports suggesting Turkish and Israeli warplanes had a close encounter over the weekend
The reports - officially denied by Israel - sparked alarm over the possible consequences of any confrontation in Syria, where Turkey is looking to expand its military footprint
