The US president's announcement followed a lightning pre-dawn attack in which commandos grabbed Maduro and his wife while air strikes...
The breakaway region of Somaliland on Thursday denied allegations by the Somali president that it would take resettled Palestinians or...
In a contest between reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the election comes amid heightened regional tensionThe election follows a first round marked by a historically low voter turnout last week
Regardless of the result, Iran's next president will be in charge of applying state policy outlined by the supreme leader
Fire and smoke billows after rockets fired from southern Lebanon hit areas in northern Israel on July 4, 2024. (AFP).The Israeli military said its forces were "striking launch posts in southern Lebanon"
UN chief Antonio Guterres is "very worried about the escalation of the exchange of fire"
- Baghdad, Iraq - As war rages in Gaza and threatens to spread to Lebanon, Iraqi militant groups warn they are ready...
A field commander of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq said there would be "escalation for escalation" in the event of a full-scale war in Lebanon
The commander, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the Iran-backed group had already sent "experts and advisors" to Lebanon
- As war rages in Gaza and threatens to spread to Lebanon, Iraqi militant groups warn they are ready to enter...
Pro-Iran armed groups so-called "Axis of Resistance" is an alliance that includes Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Huthi rebels
In late January, a drone strike launched by Iraqi armed groups killed three US soldiers across the border in Jordan
Sydney, Australia - Protesters scaled Australia's national parliament on Thursday, unfurling banners reading "Palestine will be free", and accusing Prime Minister...The protest follows recent divisions within the Labor government, which suspended a Muslim senator who voted in favour of Australia recognizing a Palestinian state
Senator Fatima Payman said she had been "exiled" after supporting the parliamentary motion - put forward by the Greens party - in defiance of government policy
- After a visit to troops on Monday, he said: "I saw very considerable achievements in the fighting being carried in...
After the October 7 attacks by Hamas, Netanyahu's right-wing government vowed to destroy Hamas and return all hostages seized during the deadly incursion by the Palestinian group
Netanyahu made his new vow of victory after the New York Times quoted sources as saying Israel was ready to make a deal without reaching all its goals
- Other parts of the Gaza Strip were reeling from continued fighting nearly nine months into the devastating conflict. Witnesses and...
Witnesses reported multiple strikes in and around the city of Khan Yunis, where eight people were killed and more than 30 were wounded
The bombardment came after a rare rocket barrage claimed by the group Islamic Jihad, which has fought alongside Hamas
- Israel's military has accused Hamas of using hospitals in the Gaza Strip as a cover for military operations. It has...
Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya was among dozens of Palestinians released and returned to Gaza for treatment
Abu Salmiya said he and other prisoners were put through "severe torture" in Israeli prisons
- A Hamas official in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, confirmed that the Islamist movement had received the latest proposal but said it...
Months of on-and-off talks towards a Gaza truce and hostage release deal have meanwhile made little progress
Hamas said Saturday that there was "nothing new" in a revised plan presented by US mediators
- Hamas insists on a permanent ceasefire and a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip. Hamdan said the...
A plan presented last month by President Biden, which he said was proposed by Israel, included a six-week truce accompanied by an Israeli withdrawal from densely populated areas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will continue the war until Hamas is totally defeated and all hostages are freed
