When Ammar Alhaqbani first picked up a racket two decades ago while living in the United States, he knew very little about the tennis scene in his native Saudi Arabia. Keenly aware that "football has been king" in the Gulf petro-state, he was surprised to discover a budding
Gaza's water infrastructure has been devastated by Israel's bombardment, leading to a proliferation of disease.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's first official visit to Iraq as president and the second to Baghdad in his lifetime.
Macklemore's song in solidarity with Gaza has been age restricted on YouTube, with a "violence" warning imposed
The Rafah border Crossing with Egypt is Gaza’s only connection to the outside world through which the besieged enclave receives humanitarian aid.
In North Africa, where political speech is often harshly policed, football stadiums have long been an exception. Now, fans are using that small freedom to express solidarity for the Palestinians amid the Gaza war. As early as October 8 -- the day after Palestinian militant
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel said it would pull out of an AI project it was working on in collaboration with Israeli institutions, amid the Gaza war.
With a shipment of some 3,500 bombs currently on halt, U.S. President Joe Biden is sending a clear message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a ground operation in Gaza
In-depth: Nur Shams camp has found itself on the frontline of a war in the West Bank as new armed resistance groups form to challenge Israel's occupation.
A survey carried out by Data for Progress found that most US Democrat voters believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Freed Gaza hostages Gabriela Leimberg and her brother Fernando Marman visited Auschwitz for the first time this week and said they want just one thing: freedom for all the others. On Monday, a delegation from Israel -- relatives of those still held, survivors of the October 7
Israel's UN ambassador has decried the US decision to pause weapons transfers, as US President Joe Biden for the first time publicly vowed to withhold weapons.
After the 2021 Gaza war, Israeli military intelligence made a series of fateful decisions about what constituted the real threat from Hamas in Gaza. From the silencing of divergent opinions to the culling of units, this is how a 'chain of failures' happened
US President Joe Biden publicly warned Israel that he would stop supplying artillery shells and other weapons if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza.
Idlib is among the richest of Syria’s regions when it comes to its ancient history, but this precious heritage is on the verge of erasure after 13 years of war.
The remarks come less than a month after an unprecedented Iranian drone attack in Israel and apparent retaliatory strikes in Iran’s Isfahan.
Israel's operation in Rafah could either lead to a major escalation in Lebanon or a resolution to the cross-border fighting that has taken place since October.
The US has threatened to stop supplying weapons to Israel if it goes ahead with an assault on Rafah, where 1.4 million Palestinians are sheltering.
Between 2019 and 2023, Israeli weapons constituted 2.4% of the global market, massively reshaped by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and increased imports by European countries.
A case on academic freedom and the right to boycott was heard in US court this week amid growing tensions over freedom of expression on Israel and Palestine.
Smoke rose from strikes on Gaza's crowded southern city of Rafah Thursday after US President Joe Biden vowed to cut off artillery shells and other weapons supplied to Israel if a full-scale offensive into the city goes ahead. It was the starkest warning yet from Israel's main
Israel shelled Rafah on Thursday as US President Joe Biden offered his starkest warning yet over the conduct of its war against Hamas, vowing to cut off arms transfers if an offensive into the southern Gaza city goes ahead. Israel has already defied international objections by
Women and girls in Rafah and the rest of the Gaza Strip were in "a constant state of despair and fear" amid Israel's indiscriminate war on the besieged enclave.
Palestinian-American historian Rashid Khalidi says there is a large part of the younger generation that feels the moral imperative to oppose genocide in Gaza.
The World Health Organization has warned that hospitals in southern Gaza have only three days of fuel left due to the closure of Rafah border by Israeli forces.
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon resulted in casualties including Hezbollah and Palestinian fighters.
President Joe Biden said in an interview with CNN Wednesday that his administration would halt the shipment to Israel of offensive weapons including bombs, artillery shells and fighter jets if the Israeli military moves ahead with a full-scale operation in Rafah.
An invasion of Rafah would send starvation-related deaths past a tipping point in central and southern Gaza, Refugees International has warned.
Israeli authorities destroyed around 50 homes belonging to Bedouins in the Negev desert on Wednesday, an AFP journalist reported, with Israel's far-right national security minister saying they were "illegal constructions". Bulldozers flattened the houses in the Wadi al-Khalil
Israel bombarded Rafah on Wednesday as negotiations to halt the seven-month war on the besieged Gaza Strip were ongoing in Cairo.
In halting a shipment of thousands of bombs, President Joe Biden has sent his most serious signal yet both to Israel and his domestic critics, although it remains doubtful he can fundamentally alter the course of the war in Gaza. Biden, a self-described Zionist, had long
Displaced Gazan Marwan al-Masri, sheltering in Rafah, said on Wednesday "life has completely ceased" since Israeli tanks and troops entered the city's east, sending desperate Palestinians fleeing north in the besieged territory. More than 1.4 million people had crammed into
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza, his most direct warning to date over the prosecution of the war against Hamas. In an interview with CNN Biden also deplored the fact that civilians had been
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza, his most direct warning to date over the prosecution of the war against Hamas. In an interview with CNN Biden deplored the fact that civilians had been killed by
An Iranian court has sentenced prominent filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof to jail time for "collusion against national security", his lawyer Babak Paknia said Wednesday. Rasoulof's film "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" is due to be shown at the main competition at Cannes Film Festival
The United States said Wednesday it was considering potential further holds on weapons to Israel after it halted shipments of powerful bombs out of concern about plans for a Rafah invasion. Speaking to a congressional committee, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed the
The report to Congress required under NSM-20 is expected in the coming days.
Before the Israeli army's operations in southern Gaza, Palestinians greeted Hamas' statement that the group accepted a cease-fire deal with cheering, bonfires and hopes for a lasting truce
The Byzantine-era cathedral's inauguration as a working mosque came just days before a landmark visit to Turkey by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which is due to kick off on May 13.
The police men were killed by an explosive device attached to a motorcycle which detonated, in northeastern Afghanistan.
Rafael Grossi said Iran's cooperation with the IAEA is almost at an impasse and needs to be changed, following a 'completely unsatisfactory' effort from Tehran
Defense Secretary Austin confirms U.S. is pausing specific weapons shipments to Israel ■ Israel sees no sign of breakthrough in truce talks, but keeping delegation in Cairo, official says ■ PM Netanyahu meets with CIA chief Burns ■ Kerem Shalom border crossing reopens to
Infrastructure, roads, and health services have suffered greatly in southern Lebanon due to cross-border clashes between Hezbollah and Israel.
Turkey's president has warned his country could conduct another military operation inside Syria to push back Kurdish militants Ankara deems as terrorists.
The renowned British-Palestinian surgeon will be honoured by the American University of Beirut for his humanitarian efforts amid the war on Gaza.
An Iranian drone attack in an area of northwestern Syria - still largely controlled by rebel groups - killed two people on Tuesday and inured five.
From trade to academia to diplomacy, Israel is facing intensifying international isolation. But will Israelis continue to deflect the consequences of the Gaza war - or change course?
