Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed on Tuesday the situation in the Middle East with his Saudi counterpart Faysal bin Farhan Al Saud, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.  The two diplomats also spoke about the cooperation within the BRICS (Brazil, Russia,...

A UN human rights office spokesperson on Tuesday said targeting hospitals "would amount to a violation of international humanitarian law." Elizabeth Throssell's remarks in Geneva came in response to Anadolu's question on whether the UN would recognize targeting of hospitals as a war crime....

The death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has climbed to 8,525, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said Tuesday. “The victims include 3,542 children and 2,187 women, while 21,543 other people were injured,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told a press...

The Israeli army said Tuesday that some 240 Israelis are being held by the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip and that 315 soldiers have been killed since Oct. 7, when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict flared into open battle. Military spokesman Daniel Hagari said the families of 240...