Ukrainian lawmakers passed the first stage of discussions over the 2025 budget on Thursday, with around 26 percent of GDP allocated for defense as the country struggles to fend off the Russian offensive. The draft budget provides for 2.2 trillion hryvnias ($53.38 billion) for national...

A Hezbollah attack on northern Israel’s Metula killed five people including an Israeli farmer and four foreign workers, Israel’s Channel 12 reported on Thursday as Lebanon said Israeli strikes killed six health workers in the country’s south. US envoys and Israeli officials were due...

Syrian regime reported Israeli airstrikes in the city of Qusayr in the central Homs province on Thursday. The state news agency SANA said civilians were injured in the Israeli attack that targeted industrial and residential neighborhoods in the city, causing material damage. Thursday’s...

At least 30 Palestinians were killed in Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, mostly in the north where one attack hit a hospital, torching medical supplies and disrupting operations, the enclave’s health officials said. Israel’s military has accused the Palestinian...