US envoy meets Israeli hostage families in Tel Aviv
US envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday met the anguished families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, as fears for...Geostrategy
US promises Gaza food plan after envoy visit
The visit by Steve Witkoff came as a report from global advocacy group Human Rights Watch accused Israeli forces of...Geostrategy
US strikes two Houthi missiles in Yemen: military
US and Britain have carried out two rounds of joint strikes aimed at reducing the Houthis' ability to target shipping,...CENTCOM said the missiles were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and ready to be fired
Houthis began striking Red Sea shipping in November in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
Trump closes in on Biden rematch after New Hampshire win
Despite now adding New Hampshire to his previous easy victory in Iowa, Trump kept to his hard-right messaging, with no...With votes around 60 percent counted, Trump's winning margin hovered at around 11 percentage points, but his sole remaining challenger Nikki Haley vowed to fight on
In a rambling victory speech Trump, 77, attacked Haley and said that when the primary contest reaches her home state of South Carolina, "we're going to win easily."
UN chief terms Israeli rejection of two-state solution ‘unacceptable’
In a speech to the Security Council, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres demanded that "Israel's occupation must end." Guterres warned...Guterres warned that it would exacerbate polarization and embolden extremists everywhere
He called for the recognition of the "right of the Palestinian people" to build their own state
Houthis order all US, British UN staff to leave Yemen within a month
The expulsion followed joint strikes by the United States and Britain against the Houthis aimed at ending the group's attacks...Last week, Washington redesignated the Houthis a "global terrorist group", having lifted it in 2021 to ease aid delivery to the impoverished country.
The Houthis have fought a nearly decade-long civil war against government forces, who are backed by Saudi Arabia.
Iranian President Raisi to discuss Gaza war during Turkey visit
Raisi will meet Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the capital Ankara, making a visit that was postponed twice --...Raisi will meet Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, making a visit that was postponed twice -- once in November and once earlier this month
The visit comes amid growing fears about the regional repercussion of the war in Gaza, which Israel launched in reprisal for October 7 attacks
NATO to buy ammunitions worth $1.2 billion amid Ukraine war
The latest deals -- signed with French firm Nexter and Germany's Junghans Microtec -- are estimated by officials to cover...The ammunition stocks of NATO have drained after sending large-scale shipments to Ukraine as it battles Russia
"It is important that our allies refill their own stocks as we continue to support Ukraine," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said
Gaza facing catastrophic situation, famine looming: WFP
A study conducted between November 24 and December 7 found that all 2.2 million people living in the Palestinian territory...Etefa said that around 70 percent of requests to deliver food to northern Gaza were rejected by the Israeli authorities.
The last deliveries to the north were around January 11 and 13, carrying 200 tons of food for 15,000 people.
US, Britain launch new joint strikes on Yemen’s Houthis
American and British forces carried out a first wave of strikes against the rebel group earlier this month, and the...The latest US-UK strikes were against "eight Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the Houthis' continued attacks against international and commercial shipping in the Red Sea
There were no concerns about civilian casualties at the sites that were hit, while Houthi losses are unknown at this time, the official told journalists
Israel firing in Lebanon kills over 200 since start of Gaza war
Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed a near-daily exchange...Monday saw air strikes and artillery shelling targeting Lebanese border villages
More than 83,000 Lebanese have been forced to flee their homes since hostilities began
Up to 15,000 dead in Sudan’s Darfur town, UN experts say
The conflict has claimed more than 13,000 lives, according to a conservative estimate by the ACLED analysis group, on which...Fighting has raged since last spring between army and rebel paramilitary RSF
The experts said paramilitaries and their allies "violated international humanitarian law"
