Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday promised a "significant" response to "Europe's militarisation", as he addressed a foreign policy forum...
Israeli forces killed at least 46 people, including 36 in Gaza City. The deceased include two aid workers southwest of...
Rome, Italy - The UN's food agency on Thursday said it was pressing Israel to allow it to use the Ashdod..."We have several requests with the Israelis," World Food Program (WFP) Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau told AFP in Rome.
"We want to use the Ashdod port, which would be much more efficient than going through Jordan or even Egypt," Skau said.
A senior Hamas official confirmed that the group's delegation in talks seeking a Gaza truce left Cairo for consultations in...Hamas has been insisting on a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the return of displaced people to their homes.
Israel has been asking for a list of all hostages still alive in Gaza, a task Hamas says it is unable to complete.
- Palestinian Territories - Gaza's Hamas-run government media office said on Thursday that Israel had returned dozens of bodies that had been...
Israeli forces have on several occasions taken bodies from Gaza to Israel for examinations as they look for hostages seized during Hamas's October 7 attack.
AFP journalists have previously witnessed the reburial of bodies which Gaza officials said had been exhumed by Israeli forces.
- New Delhi, India - India's embassy in Moscow has confirmed the death of a citizen recruited by the Russian army, days...
The embassy did not state the circumstances behind Mohammed Asfan's death but said it was in touch with his family and Russian authorities.
Asfan is the first death confirmed by Indian authorities among its citizens serving with the Russian army and the second confirmed overall.
“Following the outbreak of the crisis between Palestinians and Israelis, the UAE initiated extensive diplomatic efforts at all levels to...UAE rejects Israel's collective punishment policies against Palestinians.
The Gulf country calls for a truce and establishment of a Palestinian state.
The Houthi rebels have been defiantly hitting ships in vital commercial waters in professed solidarity with the Palestinians as Israel...Houthi ship strikes "have not just disrupted international commerce but now tragically killed a number of them," State Department spokesman said
Matthew Miller said that US was also encouraging other countries to make clear to the Houthis that "these attacks are irresponsible"
- The foreign minister said that the catastrophe in Gaza once again reminded the world that "the fact that the Palestinian...
Wang Yi said that no reason can justify the continuation of the conflict
He also said China supports "full" UN membership for a Palestinian state
- While negotiators in Cairo tried to surmount tough stumbling blocks, fighting again raged in Gaza where the UN warns famine...
US President Joe Biden called on Hamas to accept the truce plan
Hamas has insisted on a complete halt to the fighting in Gaza
- An anti-ship ballistic missile struck the Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned M/V True Confidence, after which its crew reported "three fatalities, at least...
The Iran-backed Houthis have been targeting merchant vessels transiting the vital Red Sea trade route for months and have previously hit ships in the area
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on social media that the True Confidence was targeted with multiple missiles "after the ship's crew rejected warning messages."
- The administrative step forward comes after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich last month vowed to expand settlements, in response to Palestinian...
Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now said there were 3,426 homes advanced through a planning committee, across Maale Adumim and Kedar, east of Jerusalem, and Efrat.
Despite opposition abroad, Israel has in recent decades build dozens of settlements across the West Bank, which are illegal under international law.
