Ceasefire still elusive in Israel-Gaza fighting
Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants kept up cross-border rocket fire, with no firm sign on Wednesday of any imminent ceasefire despite international calls to end more ...
Divisions curb EU peacemaking role in Israel-Gaza violence
The European Union is set to call for a ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas at an emergency video meeting on Tuesday, but divisions over the ...
Gaza violence shows few signs of slowing as global diplomacy ramps up
More than a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas showed few signs of abating on Tuesday despite intense U.S. and global diplomacy to stop the region’s fiercest ...
Lebanon: 100-year-old business finds ways to survive crisis
“Our business has survived many wars, but this crisis is different,” says Hani Bohsali.
Businesses that have been operating in Lebanon for more than 100 years, are today struggling to survive, ...
Israel kills militant commander after Palestinian rocket fire, UN General Assembly to meet (updated)
Israel killed a senior Palestinian militant commander in heavy air strikes on Gaza on Monday and Islamist groups renewed rocket attacks on Israeli cities despite mounting international calls for a ...
Can Israel blast Gaza and still make friends in the Gulf?
Scenes of devastation in Gaza are likely to make it harder for Israel to win its biggest diplomatic prize: recognition by Saudi Arabia. But so far, the other rich Gulf ...
Israel launches dozens of Gaza strikes as fighting enters second week
Israel launched dozens of air strikes on Gaza and Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave fired rocket barrages at Israeli cities as fighting spilled into a second week on Monday ...
Egypt opens Rafah crossing early for Palestinian travellers – sources
Egypt has opened the Rafah border crossing a day earlier than planned to allow the passage from Gaza of students, people needing medical treatment and other humanitarian cases, two sources ...
Israel air strikes kill 33 Palestinians, rockets fired from Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Stephen Farrell
Israeli air strikes killed 33 Palestinians, including 13 children, in Gaza early on Sunday, Gaza health officials said, and militants fired rockets into Israel as hostilities ...
Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices
Israel destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media on Saturday, saying the building was also used ...
Israel-Gaza fighting rages as diplomacy yet to gain traction (Updated)
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Rami Ayyub
Israel pounded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants launched rocket salvoes at Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday, with no sign of ...
Gaza tower housing AP, Al Jazeera collapses after missile strike
A Gaza tower block housing the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera collapsed on Saturday after being struck by Israeli missiles, a Reuters witness said.
The owner of ...
Israel to see 5% growth this year, despite conflict
Global ratings agency S&P on Friday affirmed its long-term sovereign credit rating on Israel at “AA-/A-1+” and maintained its outlook at “stable”.
Despite security and political risks ...
Turkey’s Erdogan says U.N. must act to halt Gaza conflict
President Tayyip Erdogan called on the United Nations and Muslim countries on Friday to halt the worst fighting between Israel and Gaza militants in years, saying Turkey would support any ...
Twelve killed in explosion at Kabul mosque during Friday prayers
An explosion inside a mosque on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 12 people during Friday prayers as worshippers gathered for the Eid al-Fitr holiday during a ...
Israel pounds Gaza to curb Palestinian militants but rockets still fly (Update)
Israel pummelled Gaza with artillery fire and air strikes on Friday as it targeted Palestinian militant tunnels to try to stop persistent rocket attacks on Israeli towns.
The 40-minute, pre-dawn ...
Electricity company shuts down power to Lebanon
Turkey’s Karpowership, which provides electricity to Lebanon from two barges, said on Friday it was shutting down supplies over payment arrears and a legal threat to its vessels as ...
Israel fires artillery into Gaza, Palestinian rocket attacks persist
Israel fired artillery and mounted more air strikes on Friday against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip amid constant rocket fire deep into Israel‘s commercial centre.
As hostilities entered ...
In Lebanon, fruit withers on the vine; drug smuggling has closed markets
Lebanon at this time is “a basket of fruit,” but now much of it will die on the vine or be sold for animal food, complains the head of the ...
Gaza conflict intensifies with rocket barrages and air strikes (Update)
Palestinian militants fired more rockets into Israel‘s commercial heartland on Thursday as Israel kept up a punishing bombing campaign in Gaza and massed tanks and troops on the enclave’...
Israel masses troops along Gaza as rocket fire, air strikes escalate (Update 2)
Israel prepared ground troops along the Gaza border on Thursday and Hamas launched rocket barrages at Israel as international calls mounted for an end to the region’s fiercest hostilities ...
Israel strikes kill senior Hamas commander, Palestinians fire rockets (Update 3)
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller
Israel said it killed 16 members of the Hamas armed wing in Gaza in a barrage on Wednesday and Palestinian militants rained rockets into Israel ...
Taliban capture key district near Afghan capital
Taliban insurgents captured a key district just outside the Afghan capital Kabul in central Wardak province, forcing government forces to retreat, security officials said on Tuesday.
The seizure of Nerkh ...
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declares a state of emergency (video)
Violence in mixed Jewish-Arab towns in Israel flared early on Wednesday amid growing anger within the country’s Arab minority over Israeli air strikes on Gaza and police raids on ...