As part of the deal's first phase, Hama will free the captives, 20 of whom Israel believes are still alive,...
Lebanon and Syria on Friday committed to turning a new page on ties as Damascus's foreign minister visited Beirut, with...
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said deadly attacks on humanitarian staff showed either deliberate intent or reckless incompetence, and called for...MSF said the healthcare system in Gaza before the war was imperfect but robust and improving
The medical charity said that Israel was acting with impunity in the Palestinian territory
Tehran, Iran - Iran has repatriated the bodies of seven Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike on the country's...The Guards, including two generals, were killed in the air strike on Monday which levelled the Iranian embassy's consular annex.
"The bodies of the Iran embassy martyrs arrived at Mehrabad airport" in Tehran, the ISNA news agency reported overnight.
- Jerusalem - The Israeli army has suspended leave for its combat units, it said on Thursday, amid the Gaza war...
Israeli media reported that the military was also calling up more reservist soldiers "against the background of the visible threats from Iran".
The Israeli military also said that, after a "situational assessment, it was decided to increase manpower and draft reserve soldiers to the IDF Aerial Defense Array".
- OSLO, NORWAY – An Iraqi refugee in Sweden who stoked international outrage by repeatedly desecrating the Quran last year has been...
According to a ruling by the Oslo District Court, Salwan Momika,was arrested on March 28 -- a day after he arrived.
In the court's ruling it said "a deportation will take place as soon as the formal and practical arrangements are in place."
- In addition to access to humanitarian aid, the UN's report on children and armed conflict also lists the number of...
UN report published last year recorded nearly 4,000 confirmed cases of aid being denied to children
Half of the cases in last year's UN report were of Israeli forces denying aid to children in Gaza
- The Supreme leader said in a speech to officials in Tehran that the defeat of "the Zionist regime in Gaza...
Some 13 people were killed in the strike in which Israeli F-35 jets fired six missiles
Iran's official media said the funeral ceremony of the IRGC members would be held on Friday
- Israel's armed forces chief Herzi Halevi called the attack a "grave mistake", which he blamed on night-time "misidentification", adding in...
The Israeli military killed seven staff of the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen on Monday in an attack that UN chief Antonio Guterres labelled "unconscionable."
The seven deaths piled more pressure on Israel, whose war since the Hamas attack of October 7 has brought devastation and mass civilian casualties to Gaza
- Vatican City, Holy See - Pope Francis expressed his "deep sorrow" on Wednesday for the deaths of seven charity workers killed...
"I express my deep sorrow for the volunteers killed while they were distributing humanitarian aid in Gaza," the 87-year-old pontiff said.
He renewed his appeal for access to humanitarian aid for the "exhausted and suffering civilian population" of Gaza.
- NEW TAIPEI CITY, TAIWAN - Liu watched intently as rescuers carefully picked their way through the remains of a warehouse that...
The quake was felt across Taiwan, with more than 100 aftershocks unnerving the island of around 23 million.
Its epicentre was in eastern Hualien county, a mountainous region known for its picturesque trails and seascape views.
- The UN Human Rights Council on Friday is set to consider a draft resolution calling for a cessation of arms...
The draft resolution condemns the "use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in Gaza".
It demands that Israel "uphold its legal responsibility to prevent genocide".
