In an unprecedented move amid the deadly war, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced Thursday that he plans to visit the Gaza Strip even as the Israeli offensive that to date has killed more than 40,000 people rages on. “I announce before you and the world that I have decided to go...

A base housing US-led coalition troops in north-eastern Syria was attacked using a drone on Friday, a US official and a war monitor said. “Initial reports do not indicate any injuries, however medical evaluations are ongoing. We are currently conducting a damage assessment,” the US...

An Israeli military court on Tuesday ordered the release of five Israeli soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee into house arrest pending investigation, according to local media.  The soldiers will stay under house arrest for 10 days until Aug. 22 under an...

The humanitarian situation in embattled Sudan is at "a catastrophic, cataclysmic breaking point," a UN body said Monday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) issued a warning as famine and floods "add to the catalogue of challenges" facing millions of people struggling to cope...