The father of a Lebanese sea captain kidnapped in a suspected Israeli naval operation has denied any ties for his son with Hezbollah. A Lebanese citizen was kidnapped on Friday by armed men in Batroun, about 30 kilometers north of Beirut. Lebanese authorities said that they were investigating...

ANKARA (AA) – At least 27 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 43,341, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Sunday. A ministry statement added that some 102,105 others were injured in the ongoing assault....

The World Health Organization said Friday that the necessary second round of child polio vaccinations in northern Gaza would begin on Saturday, after Israeli bombing had halted the drive. The announcement that the final phase of polio vaccination in the Gaza Strip can go ahead came a day...

A strike hit a building in the coastal city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Friday, an AFP correspondent said, after other heavy Israeli raids there in recent days. Friday’s strike levelled the building on the city’s seafront, where rescuers and paramedics were seen pulling people from...