After two years of brutal war, the families of Israel's remaining hostages in the territory were also hoping the truce...
- Both sides have responded positively to Trump's plan, which calls for a ceasefire, the release of all the hostages held...
The disaster, which killed more than 50,000 people in all, was Turkey's deadliest in many centuries. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...More than 200 contractors and developers were arrested in the immediate aftermath of the quake, some tried to flee abroad and were detained at Istanbul airports
But lawyers representing victims' families fear that numerous contractors may escape blame because much of incriminating evidence disappeared when bulldozers cleared the debris
With immigration one of the hottest electoral issues in what increasingly looks like a Trump-Biden rematch for the White House,...Joe Biden threw his weight behind the proposed bill on Saturday
Donald Trump has instead continued to castigate Biden over "open borders"
Western governments including the United States have repeatedly warned Iran against such launches, saying the same technology can be used...The Mahda satellite, which weighs around 32 kilograms and was developed by Iran's Space Agency, is designed to test advanced satellite subsystems
The other two, Kayhan 2 and Hatef, weigh under 10 kilograms each and are aimed to test space-based positioning technology and narrowband communication
The row between Israel and UNRWA follows the UN's ICJ ruling that Israel must prevent possible acts of genocide in...UN agency has fired several staff over Israel's accusations
Several key donor countries have said they will temporarily suspend their funding
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called on UNRWA Commissioner-General to quit his post. Katz said in a statement that the...UNRWA said Friday it had fired several employees over Israel's accusations
Donors including Germany, Britain and others suspended additional funding to the agency
- Waving Palestinian flags and shouting slogans denouncing Israel, protestors expressed gratitude to South Africa for having brought the case against...
The ICJ in its ruling said Israel must prevent genocide in its war with Hamas
Many protestors carried banners calling for sanctions to be levied against Israel
- US forces struck an anti-ship missile in Houthi-held Yemen that they said was ready to fire, hours after the Iran-backed...
The US has also carried out a series of unilateral air raids, but the Houthis have vowed to continue their attacks.
The Houthis' Al-Masirah television said the US and the UK launched two air strikes on the port of Ras Issa in Yemen's Hodeida province.
The British government said it had "considerable concerns" about a ruling by the United Nation's top court that Israel should..."Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas in line with IHL (international humanitarian law)," the British spokesperson said.
The Foreign Office, however, added that it welcomed the ICJ's call for the immediate release of hostages and to get more aid into Gaza.
- Baghdad, Iraq - Iraq and the United States on Saturday held a "first round" of talks on the future of American...
Washington had said that it had agreed with Baghdad on the launch of "expert working groups of military and defense professionals".
The talks, planned for months, come at a time of heightened tensions in Iraq and the region linked to the war between Israel and Hamas.
- Tehran, Iran - Gunmen in southeastern Iran near the Pakistan border killed nine foreign nationals on Saturday, Iranian media reported, more...
Mehr news agency said unknown armed men killed nine non-Iranians in a house in the Sirkan neighborhood of Saravan city in Sistan-Baluchistan province.
The Sistan-Baluchistan province has seen persistent unrest involving cross-border drug-smuggling gangs and rebels from the Baluchi ethnic minority.
