Chinese leader Xi Jinping pressed the ever-sensitive issue of Taiwan in a phone call Monday with US President Donald Trump,...
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the UN's nuclear watchdog would not be given access to Iranian nuclear sites...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis launched several drones and two ballistic missiles on Friday, the US military said,...US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it intercepted four drones launched by the Houthis - three over the Red Sea and another over the Gulf of Aden - while a fifth drone crashed
The Houthis also launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles, according to CENTCOM, which said no injuries or damage were reported from US, coalition or commercial ships
- In central Gaza, the Israeli army said it was "intensifying operations" and had carried out air strikes that "eliminated several...
Witnesses reported seeing Israeli air strikes "in central Rafah" as well as troop movements in the area
Israel said its forces had killed about 300 Palestinian fighters in Rafah since launching its military operation in the city
- The British defence ministry said in a statement that its planes launched strikes in "a joint operation with US forces...
AFP journalists heard loud explosions in the capital Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida overnight from Thursday to Friday
The Houthi-controlled television channel Al-Masirah said strikes had also targeted telecoms infrastructure in the town of Taez
- Israel said on Wednesday its forces had taken over the 14-kilometre Philadelphi corridor on the Gaza-Egypt border
The Israeli military launched its incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections
A strike over the weekend that started a fire and killed dozens in a displacement camp drew a wave of fresh condemnation
A car ramming attack killed two Israeli soldiers near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli...Violence in the West Bank flared against the backdrop of Israel's war against Hamas militants in Gaza
The amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza has dropped by two-thirds-UN
- Meeting Sisi on Wednesday, Xi said he was "deeply pained" by the "extremely severe" situation in Gaza, where the Hamas-run...
China's capital is this week hosting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and several other Arab leaders for a forum in which Israel-Palestine war is expected to be discussed
Beijing has good relations with Israel but has supported the Palestinian cause for decades and campaigned for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- The Hostages and Missing Families Forum campaign group identified him as Alexander (Sasha) Trupanov, and called on the Israeli authorities...
The captive, identified by Israeli media as Sasha Trupanov, 28, is seen speaking in Hebrew in the 30-second clip
Trupanov, a Russian-Israeli dual national, was captured on October 7 from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his mother, grandmother and girlfriend
- Israel launched its controversial assault on Rafah earlier this month, dismissing concerns for the safety of the 1.4 million Palestinian...
21 people had been killed in an "occupation strike targeting the tents of displaced people west of Rafah"
An Israeli strike on Sunday set ablaze a crowded camp in Rafah, killing 45 people
- The meeting comes nearly 10 days since the royal court said the king had a lung infection and was undergoing...
King Salman "thanked his sons and daughters, the people of the kingdom, for their kind prayers" during his recovery
He also expressed his gratitude to everyone who sent him wishes of health and well-being
Al-Qahera News, which has links to Egyptian intelligence, quoted a defence official as saying an initial probe of the shooting...The Israeli military reported a "shooting incident" on the Egyptian border and said it was discussing the incident with Egypt
Since May 7, Israeli forces have been operating in Rafah, a city in the far south of the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt
