The US ambassador to Israel on Tuesday demanded an aggressive investigation and consequences after settlers beat to death a Palestinian-American, in rare public pressure against the ally by President Donald Trump's administration. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, an outspoken
According to relatives of the family that was killed in Gaza, which included seven children, the Israeli army prevented rescuers from reaching them for roughly eight hours
The mainly Druze residents of the Syrian city of Sweida had hoped the arrival of government forces on Tuesday would spell an end to deadly sectarian clashes with local Bedouin tribes. Instead they spoke of executions, looting and arson as government troops and their allies
In his role as ambassador to the world body, Mike Waltz pledged to veto what he described as a disproportionate number of anti-Israel resolutions.
While ongoing talks between Israeli and Syrian officials has led to speculation that a full peace deal may be coming, Syrians who fled the country during the Assad years are more skeptical, especially due to al-Sharaa's ideology, Syrian solidarity with Palestinians and the
Thousands of Afghans who worked with the UK and their families were brought to Britain in a secret programme after a 2022 data breach put their lives at risk, the British government revealed on Tuesday. Defence Minister John Healey unveiled the scheme to parliament after the UK
The UAE president’s visit to Turkey comes as Turkish and Emirati involvement intensifies in regional diplomatic efforts, spanning conflicts from Syria-Israel talks to the South Caucasus.
Clerics and diplomats walked as if in a religious procession through the streets of Taybeh, a small Christian village in the occupied West Bank where residents blame Israeli settlers for a spate of recent attacks. In cassocks and suits respectively, they answered the call from
A second drone attack in as many days has suspended operations at an oil facility in Iraqi Kurdistan, with initial investigations pointing to Iran-aligned armed groups.
Syrian Kurds, who control a quarter of Syria's territory in the north and the northeast, are closely watching events unfold in Suwayda.
Lebanon’s Central Bank has banned licensed financial institutions from interacting with unauthorized entities including those linked to Hezbollah.
The ceasefire followed deadly clashes between the Druze of Suwayda and Bedouin tribes that left over 100 people dead.
Iran's nuclear ambitions once represented a globally accepted double standard, with which India identified. But now, it's lost India's backing, and it stands to lose much more
Al-Qard Al-Hassan, which was founded in 1983, describes itself as a charitable organization which provides loans to people according to Islamic principles that forbid interest
The majority of killings took place in the vicinity of aid sites run by the U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The remaining 201 were killed on the routes of other aid convoys, run by relief groups including the United Nations
The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, who for centuries have sought to preserve a distinct identity. In Syria, Druze fighters have clashed both with neighbouring Bedouin tribes and with forces loyal
Germany's highest court on Tuesday threw out a case brought by two Yemenis seeking to sue Berlin over the role of the US Ramstein airbase in a 2012 drone attack, ending a years-long legal saga. Plaintiffs Ahmed and Khalid bin Ali Jaber first brought their case to court in 2014
Israel's recently unveiled plan – to force 600,000 displaced Palestinians into a 'humanitarian city' to be established on a strip of land where Rafah once stood – raises critical, and chilling, questions about the Netanyahu government's intentions for Gaza
The violent clashes in Syria and subsequent Israeli attack have pushed a potential bilateral security agreement further off.
An Israeli source called the Israeli strikes on Syrian regime forces 'a test for implementing its policy of demilitarizing southern Syria and its commitment to the Druze.' The Syrian troops have begun withdrawing to Damascus, according to to Syrian state news
The top Turkish diplomat will attend UN-hosted Cyprus talks amid rising tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The top Turkish diplomat will attend UN-hosted Cyprus talks amid rising tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The Israel Defense Forces' intervention in clashes between Druze and Bedouins is a clear message to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, but even more so to his backers in Washington, Riyadh and Ankara
Syrian government forces entered the majority Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday, the interior ministry said, aiming to end clashes with Bedouin tribes that have killed nearly 100 people. The southern city had been under the control of armed factions from the Druze minority, whose
Syrian authorities were accused on Tuesday of carrying out "field executions" of civilians in the predominantly Druze province of Sweida, where Israel launched strikes against government forces in what it described as an effort to protect the religious minority. Damascus had
Israel launched strikes Tuesday against Syrian government forces in the Druze-majority region of Sweida, saying it was acting to protect the religious minority. Damascus had deployed troops to Sweida after clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes killed more than 100
In the shadow of the Grand Egyptian Museum, souvenir shop owner Mona has been readying for the tourist boom she hoped the long-awaited opening would bring -- now once again out of reach. "I had bet everything on this opening," she told AFP from her shop, just steps from the
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of a northern Gaza hospital, has been held by the Israel Prison Service since his arrest in December 2024. His lawyer says he has since lost one-third of his body weight, is suffering from heart issues and that 'he doesn't understand what he did'
Israel's prime minister is interested first and foremost in his political survival. If he has no choice, he will bow to Trump's pressure and seal a two-part deal, only to try and resume the war after the first stage to keep the far-right parties on board
EU foreign ministers on Tuesday discussed options for action against Israel over the war in Gaza -- but looked unlikely to agree on any. The bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has put forward 10 potential steps after Israel was found to have breached a cooperation deal