Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later in August, his security chief said on Tuesday during talks with...
- The head of Syria's commission for missing persons said Monday the number of people who went missing during decades of...
"Soldiers are responding with artillery and mortar shells toward the origin of the launching in Syria," an Israeli military statement...This was the first exchange of fire between Israel and Syria since Hamas carried out an unprecedented assault on Israeli territory from the blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the shells were fired by "Palestinian factions working with the Lebanese Hezbollah"
- Fierce fighting has left thousands dead on both sides since Hamas launched a surprise assault on Saturday, spurring Israel's reprisal...
The bombing campaign has destroyed more than 1,000 housing units, and 560 have been rendered uninhabitable
Nearly 175,500 people sought shelter in 88 schools run by the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees
- Since 2008, Israel has conducted four major military operations in Gaza, resulting in significant casualties and widespread destruction.
Since 2008, Israel has conducted four major military operations in Gaza, resulting in significant casualties and widespread destruction
The 2008 assault raised international alarm as Israel was accused of using internationally banned weaponry, including phosphorus gas
- Beirut, Lebanon -- In mosques, football stadiums and towns across the Arab world, pro-Palestinian sentiment has surged after a shock...
From Ramallah to Beirut, Damascus, Baghdad and Cairo, people have distributed sweets, danced and chanted prayers in support of the "resistance" to Israel's long-standing occupation
In the Tunisian capital, schools raised Palestinian flags and a coalition of organizations and political parties have called for massive solidarity rallies.
- The IMF kept its 2023 global growth forecast unchanged but warned that the economy is "limping along" as inflation remains...
Inflation, which has fallen sharply since last year, is predicted to remain elevated at 6.9 percent this year.
Central banks across the globe have raised interest rates sharply in efforts to contain inflation.
- Tensions in the Middle East bubbled up in New York City Monday, where hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered to denounce...
With signs reading "Israel go to hell!" and "NYC stands with Gaza," people of all ages stood in front of the Israeli consulate general waving Palestinian flags
Young activists wearing Palestinian keffiyeh headscarves took turns at a megaphone to demand a "free Palestine" and "an end of the colonization and of Arab land"
While major world events typically trigger a deluge of falsehoods, researchers say the scale and speed with which misinformation proliferated...Social media users are being bombarded with fake combat photos, old videos from Syria repurposed to look like they were taken from Gaza
An image circulating online purported to show Israeli soldiers captured by Hamas, but factcheckers found the picture was taken in 2022 during a military exercise in Gaza.
- Geneva, Switzerland--Israel's total siege of the Gaza Strip, depriving civilians of goods essential for survival, is banned under international law, the...
The UN high commissioner for human rights said people's dignity and lives had to be respected, calling for all sides to scale back the violence
He said the siege risk seriously compounding the already dire human rights in Gaza, including the capacity of medical facilities to operate
- Dubai, UAE--Condemning Israel's relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Qatar's top diplomat has urged Western countries to exert pressure on...
Qatari foreign minister spoke with his Iranian counterpart on the phone and issued a call for an end to the violence
For his part, Iran's top diplomat said the intensification of the Israel's crimes would further complicate the situation in Palestine
- Israel is reeling under a deadly attack by Hamas fighters who stormed the border fence under a barrage of rocket...
The army had "nearly completed" evacuation of all the communities around the border, military spokesman Richard Hecht said
Before dawn on Tuesday, the Israeli military struck what it said were Hamas targets in Gaza, especially in the Rimal neighborhood
