Middle East
Israel and Hamas leave the Cairo negotiation table as rocket fire resumes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would stay away from Egyptian-mediated truce talks with Hamas as long as Palestinian rocket...
Passenger plane crashes after takeoff in Iran, killing at least 39
A regional passenger plane assembled in Iran crashed Sunday while taking off from the country’s capital, Tehran, killing 39 and injuring another...
Hamas gives Israel ultimatum: Cairo talks by Sunday or we’re off
Palestinian negotiators will leave Cairo on Sunday unless Israel agrees to return to Egyptian-mediated negotiations to end the war in Gaza.
'Long-term project': Obama says tackling Iraq insurgency will take time
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday that airstrikes by U.S. planes had destroyed arms that Islamic State militants could have used against Iraqi...
U.S. airstrikes in Iraq destroy ISIL arms and equipment
President Barack Obama said Saturday that airstrikes he ordered in northern Iraq have destroyed arms and equipment held by Islamic State of Iraq and the...
Brutal revenge: Al Qaeda militants kidnap and kill 14 Yemeni soldiers
Al Qaeda militants kidnapped 14 Yemeni soldiers returning home by bus from duty in eastern Yemen on Friday and executed them in what officials said was...
At least 10 killed in Gaza as shells fly in both directions
Israel launched more than 20 aerial attacks in Gaza on Saturday, killing five Palestinians, and militants fired rockets at Israel as the conflict entered...
Israel denies targeting hospitals in Gaza as deadly rocket attacks resume
Israel has denied deliberately targeting hospitals or civilians in Gaza as a three-day truce ended in more bloodshed.
Rocket fire signals end to three-day Gaza truce as Israel resumes attacks
The Israeli military has resumed strikes on targets “across Gaza” in response to rocket fire from the territory.
Thousands trapped on Iraqi mountain by jihadist soldiers are finally freed
Some of the many thousands of refugees trapped by the Islamic State (IS) on Sinjar mountain in northern Iraq have been rescued in the past 24 hours, a...
Israel wants to extend truce beyond Friday; Hamas says ‘no agreement’
A senior Cairo-based Hamas official said late on Wednesday that there was no agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians over the extension of a 72-hour...
Egypt-brokered Gaza truce holds as peace talks set to begin
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that ended a month of fighting is holding for a second day, ahead of negotiations in Cairo on a long-term truce and...
Israel declares end to Hamas ‘terror tunnels’ but some doubt destruction
Israel announced the withdrawal of ground forces from Gaza on Tuesday for a temporary ceasefire, saying its troops had destroyed the network of tunnels...
Egypt to spend $4B building new Suez Canal channel
Egypt plans to build a new Suez Canal alongside the existing 145-year-old historic waterway in a multibillion-dollar project aimed at expanding trade along...
Israel pulls all troops out of Gaza as 72-hour ceasefire begins
Israel said it withdrew the last of its ground forces from Gaza today as it and Hamas began a temporary ceasefire.
Israel’s seven-hour truce ends as more violence hits Gaza and Jerusalem
A brief Israeli truce to allow aid to reach Palestinians ended on Monday amid accusations of strikes by both sides, while Jerusalem was rocked by two attacks...
'Kidnapped' Israeli soldier declared dead
The Israeli army on Sunday announced the death of Hadar Goldin, the Israeli soldier who went missing in action during fighting in the Gaza Strip two days...
Syria rebels raid Lebanese town, capture soldiers
Rebels fighting in Syria’s civil war crossed into Lebanon and raided a border town Saturday, killing and capturing security force members.
Netanyahu vows to press on in Gaza, warns Hamas of heavy price for attacks
Israel will keep up its military campaign against Hamas in Gaza for as long and as forcefully as needed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday...
More than 30 Palestinians killed as search for missing Israeli soldier continues
Israel launched dozens of airstrikes Saturday in the southern Gaza Strip as part of a large-scale search for a soldier Israel suspects was captured by...
Israel looks for missing soldier; Hamas says he may have been killed
The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Saturday it had no clear indication on the whereabouts of an Israeli soldier that Israel...
Israel says truce over after fresh violence sees soldier ‘captured’ in Gaza
Israel declared a Gaza ceasefire over on Friday, saying Hamas militants breached the truce soon after it came in effect and apparently captured an Israeli...
Israel PM vows to crush Gaza tunnels before truce as troops boosted
Thousands more Israeli troops are to join the fight in Gaza, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising to destroy Hamas tunnels “with or without...
US admits to restocking Israel’s ammo, hours after slamming Gaza bloodshed
Hours after issuing a strong condemnation of an attack on a United Nations school in Gaza, the United States confirms it’s helping restock Israel’s...
International fury at Israel mounts in wake of attacks on Gaza school, market
International fury against Israel is increasing in the wake of the shelling of a UN-run school and a market in Gaza on Tuesday.
Israel air strike on Gaza market during partial truce leaves 15 dead, 150 wounded
At least 15 people have been killed and more than 150 wounded in an Israeli air strike on a market, shortly after Israel said it was observing a humanitarian...
Deadly Israeli shelling hits UN school, kills 20 as Hamas mulls truce
Israeli shelling on a UN school in Gaza killed 20 people early Wednesday, just as Palestinian factions head to Cairo to discuss a temporary humanitarian...
Gaza families mourn deaths of 100 as power plant strike leaves cities in the dark
Israel on Tuesday unleashed its heaviest bombardment in a 3-week-old war against Hamas, striking symbols of the militant group’s control in Gaza...
U.S. furious over Israel’s criticism of Kerry: Gaza lull breaks, 10 dead
The Obama administration pushed back at a torrent of Israeli criticism of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s latest bid to secure a ceasefire between...
Home of Hamas leader hit by missile; Israeli PM warns of ‘prolonged’ campaign
The home of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was hit by an Israeli missile, according to the Gaza Interior Ministry.
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