Washington has presented a 28-point draft to end the conflict, later amended after criticism from Kyiv and Europe, which viewed...
Hezbollah's leader on Friday said the group had the right to respond to Israel's assassination of its top military chief...
US envoy Amos Hochstein's Lebanon trip comes a day before ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel are set to resumeHochstein and Nabih Berri discussed "the framework agreement that's on the table for a Gaza ceasefire
Hezbollah has repeatedly said it would only end hostilities once a Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached
- Two ships reported nearby explosions on Tuesday off the coast of Yemen, maritime security agencies said, though neither event resulted...
The first vessel was identified as the Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker Delta Atlantica
The second ship was identified as the Panama-flagged crude oil tanker On Phoenix
- "When Gallant adopts the anti-Israel narrative, he harms the chances of reaching a hostage release deal," Netanyahu said, adding that...
Gallant was discussing the choice Israel faced between a ceasefire deal that could end the conflicts in the north with Lebanese Hezbollah and in Gaza, and escalating the war
"I and the defence establishment support the first option," he said, rather than talk of "'total victory' and all that nonsense", a phrase frequently used by Netanyahu
- San Francisco, United States - US credit rating agency Fitch downgraded Israel a notch on Monday, warning that its ongoing conflict...
Fitch said that the conflict continuing into next year would force Israel to continue its high spending on military
Israel has also exchanged near-daily cross-border fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, forcing Israelis to be evacuated from the northern border region
- With tensions soaring in the Middle East, the United States says that Iran along with its proxies might attack Israel...
Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah have vowed revenge for the killings of Ismail Haniyeh and Fuad Shukr
The White House warned that a "significant set of attacks" by Iran and its proxies was possible as soon as this week
Hasina fled by helicopter as protesters flooded Dhaka's streets in a dramatic end to her long rule. Her government was..."This is a revolution, a student-led revolution," new interim leader Muhammad Yunus said
Yunus, 84, arrived back in Bangladesh from Europe on Thursday
- He said Austin, who spoke with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant on Sunday, had also ordered the USS Georgia guided missile...
US Defence Secretary Austin ordered the aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln, and equipped with F-35 fighters, to "accelerate its transit" to the region
The United States announced last week that it was deploying the strike group, as well as additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers
- Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defence agency, said 11 children and six women were among the 93 who died...
The bombardment of Al-Tabieen religious school and mosque drew criticism from across the Middle East and beyond alongside calls for a ceasefire
Civil defence rescuers in the Hamas-ruled territory said three Israeli missiles hit the complex in Gaza City while people were performing dawn prayers
Iran blames Haniyeh's death on Israel and has vowed to avenge him, while Hamas's Lebanese ally Hizbollah has also pledged...The announcement came with the Middle East on edge as it awaited Iran's retaliation over the killing of Haniyeh in Tehran
Sinwar, who has been Hamas's leader in Gaza since 2017 - with Haniyeh living in Qatar - has not been seen since the October 7 attack
- Aqaba residents said Israeli troops arrived at dawn and surrounded the house of Amid Ghanam, leading to clashes between troops...
Five people were killed in the Jenin area and four in Aqaba town in Tubas district
The Israeli army said three people were killed and two arrested in another raid
