The Israeli military said on Friday it was planning to reopen the Kissufim crossing into central Gaza to increase the flow of aid into the southern end of the Gaza Strip. The move comes amid growing international pressure on Israel to get more aid into Gaza, where aid agencies have warned of...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards killed four more militants during an operation in the country’s southeast region where extremists killed 10 police last month, state media said on Friday. The deaths were part of an “ongoing operation” in Sistan-Baluchistan province, Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

Rescuers did not expect to find two-year-old Ali Khalifeh alive after an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed his entire family and left him trapped under the rubble for 14 hours. Amputated, bandaged and hooked to a respirator in a hospital bed that was way too big for him, “Ali is the...

The French Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that two staff members of France's Consulate General in Jerusalem were arrested by Israeli security and later released after the minister intervened. "As part of a trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the minister (Jean-Noel Barrot) was...

Lebanese authorities said Thursday that some 52 people were killed and 161 others injured in Israeli airstrikes across the country in the last 24 hours. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the toll brought the number of people killed since October of last year to 3,103 and 13,856 others...

Five peacekeepers were injured in an Israeli strike near a military checkpoint in Sidon in southern Lebanon on Thursday, the UN mission said. In a statement, the mission said the injuries occurred as a UNIFIL convoy bringing newly-arrived peacekeepers to south Lebanon was passing Sidon when a...

The UN on Thursday warned about the rapidly deteriorating situation in northern Gaza, saying the entire population is at "imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence." Deputy spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay said at a news conference that "the only UN assistance allowed into North...

Israeli attacks killed at least 78 more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll since last year to 43,469, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement added that some 102,561 others were injured in the ongoing assault. “The Israeli...

Lebanon’s transport minister said Thursday the country’s only international airport was operating normally, after Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, including one on an area near the hub. Minister Ali Hamie told AFP that planes were taking off and landing without...

Germany’s left-liberal coalition government collapsed Wednesday after Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed liberal Finance Minister Christian Lindner due to disputes over economic policy. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, Chancellor Scholz heavily criticized Lindner for blocking his efforts...

Vice President Kamala Harris called on her supporters Wednesday to accept her electoral defeat, vowing to engage in a "peaceful transfer of power" after President-elect Donald Trump secured a second White House term. Harris acknowledged the deep disappointment being felt by many of her...

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him on winning the presidential election, according to Saudi state news agency SPA. During the call, MBS “expressed the Kingdom’s aspiration to strengthen the historical and...

Donald Trump will be the first president to take office while several criminal cases against him are pending. His ascent to the highest office in the US while facing dozens of criminal charges has left the country in uncharted territory. Many of his legal problems will go away when he steps...

Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the country’s health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have exchanged fire for over a year in...

US President Joe Biden will address the nation on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. (1600 GMT), the White House said on Wednesday. This comes after Biden’s Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election to former President Donald Trump. Harris rose to the top of the Democratic ticket in July...

The Israeli army on early Wednesday raided the Jenin city and its refugee camp in the occupied northern West Bank, triggering clashes with Palestinians. Witnesses told Anadolu that the Israeli army stormed Jenin from several directions and was escorted by bulldozers which embarked on...

Qatar's citizens overwhelmingly backed constitutional amendments in a referendum Tuesday, with most voters supporting the changes in the constitution. Of the total votes cast, 89% favored the amendments, while 9.2% opposed them, with 1.8% declared invalid with an 84% voter turnout, Qatar News...

Trump’s speech itself was a bit rambling, pulling on some of the themes he used in his campaign. He says he is going to make the economy great again, the country great again, the environment great again. But he didn’t give any real details. One of the first things he said he will do is to...

Republican Donald Trump claimed victory in the 2024 presidential contest after Fox News projected that he had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris, which would cap a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House. “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,”...

Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and the Republican nominee Donald Trump tied in an iconic midnight vote, marking the official start of US Election Day 2024. According to ABC News, with six registered voters in Dixville Notch, a small town in New Hampshire, a northeastern US state of about...