World powers condemn deadly Gaza air strike on aid workers
World Central Kitchen -- one of two NGOs spearheading efforts to deliver aid by boat -- said a "targeted Israeli...Geostrategy
Israeli attack kills several aid workers in Gaza
According to the health ministry in Gaza, the bodies of four foreign aid workers and their Palestinian driver were brought...Geostrategy
G7 vows ‘severe costs’ for those helping Russia in Ukraine
After two days of talks in the bucolic Japanese mountain resort town Karuizawa, the top diplomats from leading economies unveiled...G7 foreign ministers also put Beijing on notice over its "militarization activities" in the South China Sea and insisted their Taiwan policy was unchanged.
Their final statement sparked a furious reaction from China, which said it had been "maliciously slandered and smeared".
UN chief calls for Sudan ceasefire as death toll in fighting touches 185
Calling on warring parties in Sudan to immediately cease hostilities, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that any further escalation...The UN's special representative to Sudan told reporters that the violence raged for a third day through Monday, with the death toll increasing to at least 185 people
The fighting broke out between the two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: Sudan's army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo
Best chance for peace in Yemen in eight years, says UN envoy
Yemen faces its best chance to strike a peace deal since the country's civil war started over eight years ago,...The Arabian Peninsula country is one of the poorest in the Middle East, and has been devastated by the war, which started in 2014.
The government and the rebels have exchanged nearly 900 prisoners in recent days, as hopes grow for peace.
Air France, Airbus acquitted over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
PARIS, FRANCE - Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus were acquitted Monday over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight after...The two companies went on trial in October to determine their responsibility for the worst aviation disaster in Air France's history.
If convicted, Air France, Airbus would have risked a fine of US$250,000 as well as significant reputational damage.
Cementing ties: Iran invites Saudi Arabia’s king to visit Tehran
The two countries had severed ties seven years ago after Saudi Arabia executed a revered Saudi shia cleric Sheikh Nimr...The two Middle East powerhouses had held several rounds of dialogue in Iraq and Oman before reaching the agreement to mend ties on March 10 in China.
Saudi delegation to visit Iran to discuss the reopening of the embassy and consulate. Iranian officials say diplomatic mission likely to open before May 9.
After major Yemen prisoner swap, another 104 released: ICRC
A day after a major prisoner exchange, more than 100 prisoners of war were flown from Saudi Arabia to Yemen...The exchange and the truce negotiations come a month after Gulf heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties
The release of 104 captives, days before the major Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, takes the total number to 973 freed since Friday
US raid in Syria targets senior IS leader: Centcom
Beirut, Lebanon--A US helicopter raid on Monday targeted a senior Islamic State group leader in Syria suspected of plotting attacks in...A US Central Command statement said that the target of the strike was "responsible for planning terror attacks in the Middle East and Europe"
The strike, according to the Observatory, a Britain-based war monitor, killed the main target and two other fighters
More than 40 people killed in Syria attacks blamed on IS
The Observatory, which has a wide network of sources on the ground in Syria, said fighters riding motorbikes also attacked...Since February, more than 240 people have been killed in IS attacks targeting truffle hunters or by landmines left by the extremists
Remnants of explosives laid by all sides in the conflict are now claiming more lives in Syria than anywhere else in the world, says the UN
UN denounces Sudan clashes, demands ‘swift justice’ over killings
Denouncing clashes in Sudan that have left dozens of civilians dead including three workers of the World Food Program, UN...The UN Security Council, according to diplomatic sources, is planning to discuss the situation in Sudan at a closed-door meeting on Monday.
FIghting between the Sudanese armed forces and a rival paramilitary, the Rapid Support Forces, have left at least 56 civilians dead
10 Iranian soldiers sentenced for downing of Ukrainian plane
Iran's judiciary had said in November 2021 that a trial had opened in Tehran for 10 military members in connection...A commander received 10 years in prison and nine others were sentenced to between one and three years.
Iranian forces shot down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 shortly after its takeoff from Tehran on January 8 that year.