US President Donald Trump had given Ukraine until November 27 to approve his plan to end the nearly four-year conflict,...
- Saudi Crown Prince said that his kingdom wanted to normalize relations with Israel through US President Donald Trump's Abraham Accords,...
US President Donald Trump is pushing for a rapid end to the three-year war and hopes talks in Riyadh could...US President Donald Trump is pushing for a rapid end to the three-year war and hopes talks in Riyadh could pave the way for a breakthrough
Both sides have proposed different plans for temporary ceasefires, but cross-border attacks have meanwhile continued unabated
- Israel's military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, encircling part of Rafah city near Egypt almost a...
Israeli troops on Sunday encircled Tal al-Sultan in Rafah, the military said in a statement, adding its objective was to dismantle terrorist infrastructure
Three weeks ago Israel blocked the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and cut electricity in a bid to force Hamas to accept the Israeli terms for an extension of the truce
Turkey was headed for a fourth straight night of protests late Saturday, as the biggest street unrest the country has...As the crowds began massing outside Istanbul City Hall, a convoy carrying the 53-year-old mayor arrived at Caglayan court on the other side of the city
He was arrested on Wednesday, just days before he was to be formally named the main opposition CHP's candidate for the 2028 presidential race
Tens of thousands of people in Paris and other French cities on Saturday rallied against racism and the rise of...The rallies took place amid the rightward shift in French politics, with the government pledging to tighten immigration policies and border controls
In the runup to the rallies the LFI party caused an uproar in France by publishing the image of Cyril Hanouna, one of the most influential stars of right-wing media
- Israeli defence chiefs said they held the Lebanese government responsible for all hostile fire from its territory regardless of who...
Lebanon's official National News Agency reported one girl among two killed in an Israeli strike on the southern town of Touline
The Israeli army said six rockets, three of which were intercepted, were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel
- Gaza City, Palestinian Territories -- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement called on Hamas on Saturday to relinquish power in...
"Hamas must show compassion for Gaza, its children, women and men," Fatah spokesman Monther al-Hayek said in a message sent to AFP from Gaza.
Hamas seized power in Gaza in 2007 from the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority, and subsequent attempts at reconciliation have failed.
Moscow has rejected a joint US-Ukraine proposal of a full and unconditional 30-day ceasefire, instead suggesting just to halt aerial...US negotiators will meet separately with Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Riyadh, in what US envoy Keith Kellogg described as "shuttle diplomacy" between hotel rooms.
Despite the flurry of diplomacy and push from US President Donald Trump, a breakthrough has so far proved elusive.
- The Istanbul Bar Association's executive board was dismissed Friday on grounds of "terrorist propaganda" and "publicly spreading false information", according...
The Turkish military insists it never targets civilians but only terror groups
The bar association issued a statement saying "targeting members of the press in conflict zones
- The warning came as Israel stepped up the renewed assault it launched on Tuesday, shattering the relative calm that had...
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed 11 people on Friday -- three in pre-dawn strikes and eight more during the daytime
Should Hamas not comply, Katz also threatened to expand buffer zones around Gaza to protect Israeli civilian population areas
- Sam Rose, the senior deputy field director in Gaza for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, highlighted the psychological...
James Elder, a spokesman for the UN children's agency UNICEF, said traumatized children usually only start to process their trauma when they begin returning to normalcy.
Humanitarians warned the situation has been made worse by Israel's decision earlier this month to cut off aid and electricity to Gaza over the deadlock in negotiations.
