- Middle East
Photos: Israeli strikes kill 19 Palestinians in Gaza
Deir Al-Balah: Israeli strikes across the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 19 Palestinians overnight into Sunday, including a senior Hamas political leader, officials said. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen who are…
- Middle East
Israel’s Cabinet votes to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar
Gaza Strip: Israel’s Cabinet has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to fire the head of the country’s Shin Bet internal security service. The late-night decision to sack Ronen Bar deepens a…
- Middle East
Sudan conflict: Army takes back Republican palace from RSF fighters
Cairo: Sudan’s military said it retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting. Social media videos showed its…
- Middle East
Air raid sirens sound in Jerusalem after missile launch from Yemen, Israeli army says
Jerusalem: Air raid sirens have sounded in central Jerusalem and other parts of Israel after a missile launch from Yemen, the Israeli army announced. The launch came hours after Israel said it…
- Middle East
Month-old girl is pulled from rubble in Gaza after airstrike killed her parents
Khan Younis: As rescuers dug through the remains of a collapsed apartment building in Gaza’s Khan Younis on Thursday, they could hear the cries of a baby from underneath the rubble. Suddenly,…
- Middle East
Israeli strikes across Gaza hit multiple homes, killing at least 85 Palestinians
Gaza Strip: Israeli strikes killed at least 85 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday, according to local health officials. The strikes hit multiple homes in the middle of the…
- Middle East
Turkish police arrest Istanbul’s mayor, a key Erdogan rival
Istanbul: Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a popular opposition leader and key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — and several other prominent figures as part of investigations into…
- India
Indian student detained in US for opposing America’s foreign policy on Israel
New York: An Indian national enrolled as a postdoctoral fellow in the US has been detained by immigration authorities, said a media report, less than a week after a Columbia student from…
- Middle East
Israel steps up strikes in Gaza, 58 killed overnight
Gaza Strip: Israeli strikes killed at least 58 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday, according to three hospitals. The strikes hit multiple homes in the middle of the night,…
- Middle East
Russia, Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners in one of war’s largest exchanges
Kyiv: Russia and Ukraine said Wednesday they had each swapped 175 prisoners in one of the largest exchanges of the war. Severely wounded soldiers and fighters whom Russia had prosecuted on fabricated…
- Middle East
Israel’s surprise bombardment plunged Palestinians back into ‘hell’
Deir El Balah: The Israeli bombs began falling before dawn, lighting the sky with orange flares and shattering the stillness. The surprise wave of airstrikes plunged Palestinians back into a nightmare they…
- Photos
Photos: Stuck NASA astronauts returns home
Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled…
- World
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
Washington: A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C., ruled that Trump’s order to exclude…
- Middle East
Netanyahu says Israeli strikes across Gaza that killed hundreds are ‘only beginning’
Deir al-Balah: Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing more than 400 Palestinians, local health officials said, and shattering a ceasefire in place since January with its deadliest bombardment…
- Middle East
Families of hostages in Gaza are terrified they won’t return after Israel resumes fighting
Tel Aviv: When a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began two months ago, Herut Nimrodi knew it would take time before her son was released from captivity in Gaza. The 20-year-old soldier…
