UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a draft resolution calling for "urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors" throughout Gaza. Twelve countries voted in favor of the resolution, spearheaded by Malta, while the US, UK and Russia abstained from voting. In addition to...

  France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks in 2013, a judicial source and plaintiffs in the case said Wednesday. The judicial source told AFP  Assad  was also...

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Monday that Israel is trying to market illusionary advances in Gaza as part of a psychological warfare campaign. "The (Israeli) occupation tries to market illusionary advances in Gaza as part of its psychological war on the residents of Gaza,"...

Gaza's biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, has remained under Israeli siege for more than 24 hours, with humanitarian watchdogs warning of "catastrophic" outcomes.  Israel's siege of the hospital has come following several days of nearby bombings by Israeli fighter jets and tanks. Since the...