Negotiations between Tehran and Beijing began at least two years ago but gained momentum after a 12-day conflict between Israel...
Indirect talks in Geneva have yielded what officials call “guiding principles” for a possible agreement, but the framework remains skeletal...
Last August, Turkey, a member of NATO, unveiled plans to build a multi-layered air defence system to protect its airspace,..."Today we are providing our army with the Dome system, consisting of 47 vehicles worth $460 million, which will inspire confidence in friends and fear in enemies," Erdogan said
"This system will make the world of difference for Turkey's air defence. This is a turning point for Turkey," he said at a ceremony at the hqrs of Turkish defence giant Aselsan
Qatar and Egypt, along with the United States, have been mediating indirect ceasefire negotiations throughout the Gaza war, but despite...The latest proposal put forward by mediators involves an initial 60-day truce and staggered exchanges of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
But Israel has appeared reluctant to budge from its demand that all the hostages being held at Gaza be freed at once.
Amnesty International said Tuesday that the Israeli army's extensive destruction of civilian property in south Lebanon, including after a ceasefire...The November 27 truce largely ended more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah that culminated in two months of open war
The rights group's Erika Guevara Rosas said in the statement that the destruction had "rendered entire areas uninhabitable and ruined countless lives".
- Hezbollah's chief on Monday doubled down on his refusal to give up the group's weapons ahead of talks between Lebanese...
Hezbollah was the only faction that kept its weapons after Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war, doing so in the name of "resistance" against Israel, and has always rejected the decision
The move came after the balance of power in Lebanon shifted following more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah that left the group badly weakened
- A leading Israeli rights organisation said Monday that it had requested a military investigation into a senior commander over suspected...
The request comes days after Major General Avi Bluth, head of the Israeli military in the West Bank, appeared in a video in which he called for encirclement of Palestinian villages
In a letter to the military advocate-general, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) urged an inquiry into Bluth, citing his comments and actions
- A prominent Druze leader in southern Syria demanded on Monday the creation of a separate region for his minority community,...
The week of bloodshed in Sweida province began on July 13 with clashes between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin, but rapidly escalated
Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, one of three prominent Syrian Druze spiritual leaders, said Monday that the violence "sought to eliminate us as a Druze sect".
- According to the media watchdogs Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders, around 200 journalists have been killed in...
The civil defense's Bassal said an Israeli explosive drone targeted a building at the hospital, followed by an air strike as the wounded were being evacuated.
A spokesperson for Qatar-based TV network Al Jazeera said on Monday that one of its photojournalists and cameramen, Mohammad Salama, was killed in the attack.
Abu Dhabi, UAE -- The UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC) has warned of the serious risks posed by using open...UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC) has warned of the serious risks posed by using open and untrusted public Wi-Fi networks.
According to the Council, these incidents account for nearly 35 percent of the total cyberattacks reported in the UAE.
The remarks, delivered at a mosque in the capital Tehran, come two months since fighting halted between Iran and its...The rare Israeli and US attacks in June, which targeted key nuclear sites and prompted Iranian retaliation, were designed to destabilize the Islamic republic, Khamenei argued.
He said that a day after "Iran was attacked" by Israel at the start of the war, "American agents" met in Europe "to discuss what government should rule Iran.
Washington, United States -- Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for the next test of its Starship megarocket on Sunday,...Unlike in recent attempts, SpaceX will not try to catch the booster stage with the launch tower's giant "chopstick" arms.
Starship is central to Musk's ambition of colonizing Mars, while NASA is counting on a modified version to serve as the Artemis lunar lander for returning Americans to the Moon.
