At least 44 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 43,552, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Saturday. A ministry statement added that some 102,765 others were injured in the ongoing assault. “Israeli...

A large fire broke out Saturday in Beirut's central Hamra district, causing extensive damage to several buildings and cars, according to Lebanon's official news agency. The fire completely destroyed one building, while nearby structures sustained considerable damage. Firefighters managed to...

A Palestinian was killed on Saturday as the Israeli army bombed the northern West Bank city of Tubas with an anti-tank Energa shell. Adham Zaid Izzat al-Masri was killed by Israeli soldiers after they besieged his home early Saturday, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The...

The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre has risen to nine on Saturday, with dozens more reported injured, according to Lebanon’s official news agency. The agency reported that Israeli warplanes conducted multiple strikes overnight targeting Tyre, hitting...

Iran has categorically dismissed allegations of involvement in a plot to assassinate former and current US officials, including President-elect Donald Trump, calling the claims "completely unfounded." In a statement on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei rejected...

Rescuers did not expect to find two-year-old Ali Khalifeh alive after an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed his entire family and left him trapped under the rubble for 14 hours. Amputated, bandaged and hooked to a respirator in a hospital bed that was way too big for him, “Ali is the...

Israel on Friday urged its citizens to avoid attending Maccabi Tel Aviv's basketball game against Virtus Bologna in Italy on Friday evening. Citing Israel’s Security Council recommendation, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office advised fans to skip the game due to "concerns for safety."...

Yemen’s Houthis targeted Israel’s southern Nevatim Airbase with a hypersonic ballistic rocket called “Palestine 2” and downed early on Friday a US MQ-9 Reaper in the airspace of the Yemeni province of al-Jawf, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said.

The Israeli military said on Friday it was planning to reopen the Kissufim crossing into central Gaza to increase the flow of aid into the southern end of the Gaza Strip. The move comes amid growing international pressure on Israel to get more aid into Gaza, where aid agencies have warned of...

Lebanese state media said the Israeli army on Friday detonated explosives planted inside houses in three border villages that have been battered by the Israel-Hezbollah war. Hezbollah says it is engaged in fighting Israeli forces in the area, more than a month into an Israeli ground...

At least 39 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 43,508, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Friday. A ministry statement added that some 102,684 others were injured in the ongoing assault. “Israeli...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he was confident in the diplomatic efforts of the new Trump administration to help end the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Erdogan spoke while returning from a summit in Budapest a day after Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the US...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards killed four more militants during an operation in the country’s southeast region where extremists killed 10 police last month, state media said on Friday. The deaths were part of an “ongoing operation” in Sistan-Baluchistan province, Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

The UN on Thursday warned about the rapidly deteriorating situation in northern Gaza, saying the entire population is at "imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence." Deputy spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay said at a news conference that "the only UN assistance allowed into North...

The French Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that two staff members of France's Consulate General in Jerusalem were arrested by Israeli security and later released after the minister intervened. "As part of a trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the minister (Jean-Noel Barrot) was...

Lebanese authorities said Thursday that some 52 people were killed and 161 others injured in Israeli airstrikes across the country in the last 24 hours. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the toll brought the number of people killed since October of last year to 3,103 and 13,856 others...

Israeli attacks killed at least 78 more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll since last year to 43,469, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement added that some 102,561 others were injured in the ongoing assault. “The Israeli...

Five peacekeepers were injured in an Israeli strike near a military checkpoint in Sidon in southern Lebanon on Thursday, the UN mission said. In a statement, the mission said the injuries occurred as a UNIFIL convoy bringing newly-arrived peacekeepers to south Lebanon was passing Sidon when a...

Lebanon’s transport minister said Thursday the country’s only international airport was operating normally, after Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, including one on an area near the hub. Minister Ali Hamie told AFP that planes were taking off and landing without...

Germany’s left-liberal coalition government collapsed Wednesday after Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed liberal Finance Minister Christian Lindner due to disputes over economic policy. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, Chancellor Scholz heavily criticized Lindner for blocking his efforts...