At least 91 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday after Israel resumed bombing and ground operations, the enclave’s health ministry said. After two months of relative peace, Gazans were again fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively...

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa backing efforts to ensure Syria’s territorial integrity and offering Russia’s “practical cooperation” on a whole range of issues, the Kremlin said on Thursday. The fall in December of President Bashar al-Assad...

Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange Wednesday with each releasing 175 military personnel, according to statements from both sides. Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that 175 Russian soldiers had been returned from Ukrainian-controlled territory following negotiations....

Germany reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reopened the embassy during a visit to Damascus, her second since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad in December, German...