Beirut, Lebanon - Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah's top military chief whom Israel killed on Sunday, had taken the role after...
The strikes were among the deadliest in Gaza since the truce entered into force last month, and came as Israel...
TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran's Alborz warship has entered the Red Sea through the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, Tasnim news agency reported...The news agency did not give specific reasons for its deployment, but noted that Iranian military vessels had operated in the area since 2009.
According to the International Chamber of Shipping, 12 percent of global trade passes through the Red Sea
- The Israeli military spokesman said the army was currently "planning the management of the forces operating in the field" in...
A military spokesman said Israeli army "must plan ahead, understanding that we will be required for additional tasks and warfare throughout this year"
He added the army was currently "planning the management of the forces operating in the field" in the months ahead
The rally, called by a foundation which counts Bilal Erdogan, the son of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, among its members...Protesters waving Turkish and Palestinian flags rallied to the Galata Bridge on the Bosphorus chanting: "Murderer Israel, get out of Palestine" and "Allahu Akbar".
Turkey's President Recep Erdogan has accused Israel of "state terrorism" and said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was "no different" from Adolf Hitler.
A major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. Japan's weather...Sakhalin island and Vladivostok in Russia's far east were on "alert" due to a possible tsunami risk after the quakes in Japan, officials said.
The JMA said the Noto region experienced a rapid succession of quakes, with another 6.2 tremor hitting soon after the initial swarm, the USGS said.
- Yunus, 83, is credited with lifting millions out of poverty with his pioneering microfinance bank but has earned the enmity...
Hasina has made several scathing verbal attacks against the internationally respected 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was once seen as a political rival.
Yunus and three colleagues from Grameen Telecom, one of the firms he founded, were accused of violating labor laws when they failed to create a workers' welfare fund in the company
Taiwan is less than two weeks from an election, closely watched from Beijing to Washington as it determines the future...China has halted high-level communications with DPP government since her 2016 election
In her last New Year speech Tsai expressed hopes to restart communications with Beijing
- Dubai, UAE--Several rockets fired from the Gaza Strip targeted Tel Aviv and southern Israel as the country rang in the...
Dozens of people in the streets of Tel Aviv took cover as as the wail of air-raid sirens exemplified the fragility of peace in the region
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's military wing, claimed responsibility for both attacks in a video posted on social media
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a meeting with the country's major commanding officers in Pyongyang on New Year's...
US, South Korea have ramped up defense ties after weapons tests by Pyongyang
Pyongyang declared itself an "irreversible" nuclear power in 2022
Israel unilaterally withdrew the last of its troops and settlers in 2005, ending a presence inside Gaza that began in...The minister said that in order to have security "we must control the territory"
He said Israel should "encourage" Palestinians in Gaza to relocate to other countries
- In Dubai and Abu Dhabi, lights and fireworks illuminated the skies as international tourists soaked up the celebratory scenes. The...
Sheikh Zayed Festival put on display the region's largest firework lasting 40 minutes
Across Dubai, the hotels reported occupancy rates soaring above 90 percent
