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Israel says Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which were intercepted

Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early on April 14 after Iran launched hundreds of dr...

Further escalation of tension between Iran and Israel may push up oil prices, says External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has expressed fear that any further escalation in the tensio...

Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack 

The Israeli military said Monday, April 22, 2024, the head of its intelligence corps has resigned ov...

TV tower in Ukraine’s Kharkiv collapses after Russian strike

A major TV tower in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv was broken apart on April 22, an AFP journalist sa...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as ceasefire talks with Hamas continue

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on April 30 to launch an incursion into the southe...

Hamas sends delegation to Egypt for further ceasefire talks with Israel

Hamas said on May 2 that it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further ceasefire talks, in a new ...

Turkey halts trade with Israel over Gaza humanitarian crisis

Turkey has halted all exports and imports to and from Israel, citing the escalating humanitarian sit...

U.S. optimistic revised Hamas proposal may break Gaza ceasefire impasse

The United States believes the remaining differences between Israel and Hamas can be bridged in nego...

Satellite view of Gaza’s ruins reveals the savagery of bombardment

As well as killing more than 34,000 people and causing catastrophic levels of hunger and injury, the...

Russia targets Ukraine on a day marking World War II defeat of Nazis

Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at...

Israeli military says it has weapons it needs for Rafah ground operation

Israel's military spokesman says the army has the weapons it needs to press ahead with its offensive...

Hamas armed wing releases video of hostage held in Gaza

Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, on May 11 released a video of a man held hostag...

Renewed Russian offensive on Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine forces 1,700 civilians to flee

Russian forces began a renewed ground assault in Ukraine's northeast, killing and injuring several p...

Apartment building partially collapses in a Russian border city after shelling; at least 13 killed

An apartment building partially collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod on Sunday, causing ...

Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia’s Defence Minister as he starts his fifth term

Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 12 replaced Sergei Shoigu as Defence Minister in a Cabinet s...

Palestinians mark 76 years of expulsion amid another catastrophe in Gaza

Palestinians on Wednesday will mark the 76th year of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel, a...