Lebanese journalist Giselle Khoury died on Sunday at the age of 62 at her home in Beirut after a long battle with cancer. Khoury had been undergoing treatment in hospital over the last two weeks after her condition suddenly worsened, according to reports. She had been battling cancer for...

BANGKOK (AP) — Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar’s southern areas has displaced more than 14,000 people and disrupted traffic on the rail lines that connect the country’s biggest cities, officials and state-run media said Monday. State television MRTV reported Monday...

Israel intensified its raids on the Gaza Strip for the third day on Monday, killing hundreds of people in retaliation for attacks carried out by militant group Hamas. Al Arabiya and Al Hadath sources reported that military planes bombed two mosques in Gaza in the early hours of Monday...

The United Nations humanitarian agency says 123,538 Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip have been displaced by fighting. Israeli airstrikes and shelling in Gaza have targeted houses and apartment buildings, with some struck without warning for residents to evacuate, the UN said on...