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...

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...

In the past six months, Syria has experienced the worst surge of violence since 2020, the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic said on Monday. During that time, it added, various forces have targeted civilians and essential infrastructure across...

Sweden announced on Saturday that it is lifting a freeze on aid for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), after the UN warned the Security Council last week of “imminent famine” in the Gaza Strip. The Nordic country pledged to give the initial $20 million after...