Israeli warplanes bombed the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip overnight after Palestinians fired a rocket into southern Israel, the army said. The latest exchange came as Israel warned Hamas it was risking "war" by failing to stop fire balloons being launched across the border. Egyptian security...

Gaza's lone power plant shut down Tuesday, less than a week after Israel suspended fuel shipments to the Palestinian enclave over the launching of incendiary balloons that have caused brush fires in southern Israel. Gaza, run by Hamas Islamists, relies on Israel for most of its energy...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday slapped down Donald Trump's talk of an out-of-control coronavirus "surge" in New Zealand as "patently wrong". She expressed dismay after the US president exaggerated the new virus outbreak in New Zealand as a "huge surge" that Americans would do well...

One of the most famous merchants in Hareeqa Bazzar in Damascus, has put up ten out of his 20 shops for sale. According to Zaman al-Wasl source, a big number of merchants are selling their shops in the area, which during the height of the war, were valued at 100-300 million. The...