Children in Gaza are dying in pain for want of emergency treatment as a result of Israeli authorities approving fewer and fewer of them for medical evacuation following the closure of the Rafah crossing, United Nations agencies said on Friday. Whereas before almost 300 children were being...

United Nations peacekeepers said Friday that Israeli soldiers fired at one of their observation posts in south Lebanon this week, adding the security situation was “extremely challenging” amid other unidentified attacks. “IDF (Israeli army) soldiers fired at” an observation post...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that negotiators will meet in the coming days on reaching a Gaza truce as he again called for Israel and Hamas to strike a deal. “We talked about options to capitalize on this moment and next steps to move the process forward, and I...

The lower house of Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, voted on Thursday to ratify a treaty of partnership between Russia and North Korea. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed the mutual defense pact during Putin’s visit to Pyongyang in June....