Beth Bechdol, deputy director-general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said that people in Gaza are on the brink of catastrophic famine and that a cease-fire is absolutely necessary. Speaking to Anadolu, Bechdol said: “It is becoming clear to every person in the world that...

Germany on Monday warned Israel against using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. “Hunger must never be used as a weapon and that is why, among other things, we are committed to ensuring that more humanitarian aid comes to the Gaza Strip,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer said...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Sunday his country will not allow the forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.  Sisi held talks with European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of an Egyptian-European summit in Cairo. "Egypt...

An Israeli delegation, which will participate in cease-fire negotiations in Gaza, will visit Qatar as the kingdom is serving as an intermediary, sources said Saturday. The Israeli War Cabinet will meet Sunday, according to Israel's public broadcaster KAN. The delegation headed by Mossad...

US forces destroyed drones launched by the Yemeni Houthi group, the Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Sunday. “On March 16, between 7:50 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. (Sanaa time) (0450-0515GMT), Iranian-backed Houthis launched two unmanned Aerial vehicles (UAV) from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen...

Former German international and VfB Stuttgart midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud was named in Syria's 24-man squad on Saturday after he decided to switch his national team allegiance to the Arab nation. The Syrian-born 28-year-old has been called to play for the country in their World Cup qualifier...

Palestinian Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Mustafa on Friday accepted the task of forming a new government.   “The Prime Minister-designate accepted in a letter sent to the president tonight his assignment to form the 19th government as specified in the law and to pursue...

Egypt on Saturday called on Israel to lift restrictions on the entry of relief aid to Gaza through land border crossings, and welcomed the arrival of the first aid ship by sea to the besieged Palestinian enclave.  “Egypt appreciates and welcomes every effort aimed at alleviating the...

One-third of children under the age of two in northern Gaza is now acutely malnourished, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA said on Saturday.  
“Children's malnutrition is spreading fast and reaching unprecedented levels in Gaza,” UNRWA said on X. The UN agency stressed,...

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in multiple Israeli air strikes on Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.  The government media office in Gaza said that 36 people were killed and many more wounded after aerial bombardment of the camp late on Friday night. Israeli jets targeted a...

Israeli forces killed 56 Palestinians seeking aid and wounded 300 more over the past 48 hours, the government media office in Gaza said on Friday.  The media office said five "massacres" were carried out at aid distribution centres across the enclave, in "flagrant... violation of the...

The Yemeni Houthi group claimed on Friday that it targeted an Israeli ship and an American destroyer in the Red Sea with missiles and drones. "Naval forces targeted the Israeli ship Pacific 01 in the Red Sea, with appropriate naval missiles," the group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree...

MILAN (AP) — Survivors rescued from a deflating rubber dinghy in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with them more than a week ago perished during the journey, the humanitarian rescue group SOS Mediterranee said Thursday. The European charity’s...

The Palestinian group Hamas said late Thursday that it presented its comprehensive vision for a cease-fire in Gaza and prisoner swap deal with Israel to Qatari and Egyptian mediators. In a statement, Hamas said its stance involves a cease-fire in Gaza, the delivery of aid, the return of...

The Israeli army opened fire on people waiting for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing 20 and injuring at least 155. The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza issued a statement saying the incident occurred at the Kuwait Roundabout. The statement said it demonstrated...

Israel has “lost the war” in Gaza even if it enters the southern city of Rafah and the Israeli army is “exhausted” on all fronts, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday “Even experts in Israel acknowledge the losses inflicted by the Axis of Resistance. After six months...

The Israeli army received the coordinates for the humanitarian aid distribution facility belonging to the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Rafah, one day before targeting it, the head of the agency, Philippe Lazzarini, said Wednesday.  “Every day, we share the coordinates...

The Israeli army has admitted to mistakenly targeting two Palestinians who were riding a bicycle in the Gaza Strip. The army published a video in which it initially said two gunmen were targeted in a drone strike in Gaza City last week for allegedly carrying a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)....

One person was killed and three others injured in an Israeli drone strike in the city of Tyre, southern Lebanon on Wednesday, state media said. The strike targeted a vehicle and motorbike south of Tyre, leaving them in flames, National News Agency reported. Ambulances were seen rushing to...

Oil prices increased on Tuesday with greater supply risks with the rising conflict in the Middle East, while investors await several key supply and demand data sets from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as well as inflation data from the US Federal Reserve (Fed)....