Red Sea attack fears disrupt global trade patterns
Japanese shipping operator Nippon Yusen suspended sailings through the Red Sea on Tuesday after Yemen’s Houthi movement vowed to step up attacks on vessels in the region.
The Iran-allied ...
Gaza combat surges as Israeli tanks storm back into areas they left
Israeli tanks stormed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip they had left last week, residents said on Tuesday, reigniting some of the most intense fighting since the New ...
Iran says Revolutionary Guards attack Israel’s ‘spy HQ’ in Iraq, vow more revenge
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they attacked the “spy headquarters” of Israel in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, state media reported late on Monday, while the elite force said they ...
Yemen’s Houthis threaten to hit US ships as more tankers steer clear
Yemen’s Houthi movement will expand its targets in the Red Sea region to include US ships, an official from the Iran-allied group said on Monday, as it vowed to ...
Hamas appears to show dead bodies of two hostages after warning Israel
Hamas appeared to show the dead bodies of two Israeli hostages on Monday after warning Israel they might be killed if it did not stop its bombardment of Gaza.
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Turkey detains Israeli player over ‘100 days’ message on wrist
Israeli footballer Sagiv Jehezkel left Turkey on Monday, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X, after he was questioned by police over a message he displayed ...
Israel pounds targets across Gaza
Israeli forces bombarded targets in the south, north and centre of the Gaza Strip on Monday ahead of an expected announcement by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on the fate ...
China calls for Gaza peace conference; Hamas to disclose fate of Israeli hostages
China called for a large-scale and authoritative peace conference on the war in Gaza, while the militant group Hamas aired video of three Israeli hostages and said their fate would ...
Israeli couple returns to kibbutz ravaged by Hamas assault
A sticker on the front door declares the house contains no dead bodies or body parts. On the walls, months-old spray paint confirms no gunmen or explosives are present.
Three ...
Israel cabinet set to vote on 2024 wartime budget, higher deficit
Israeli cabinet ministers on Sunday began what is expected to be a marathon session on approving an amended 2024 budget to account for a sharp rise in spending to finance the ...
Fierce fighting in Gaza as war hits 100 days
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Fadi Shana
Israeli tanks and aircraft hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in some areas as the ...
Anti-tank missile kills one in Israel near Lebanon border
A man was killed and a woman badly wounded by an anti-tank missile that hit in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on Sunday, Israel’s ambulance service said.
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Pope Francis says war is in itself a crime against humanity
Pope Francis said on Sunday war was “a crime against humanity” as he reiterated a call for peace in Ukraine and the Middle East.
“Let us not forget this (…) People ...
Mental strain, deepening risks as Israel’s war with Hamas reaches 100 days
By James Mackenzie
One hundred days after Hamas gunmen broke out of Gaza to launch the deadliest attack in Israel’s history, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, ...
Israelis wear dog tags in solidarity with hostages and each other
By Estelle Shirbon
On Israeli city streets and on television, in shops and in cafes, one symbol of solidarity with hostages held in Gaza has become ubiquitous in the 100 days ...
Relatives recount Gaza deaths as protesters in Washington demand ceasefire
By Michael Martina and Ismail Shakil
Family members of Palestinians killed in Israel’s military campaign in Gaza shared grief-ridden stories with thousands of protesters who gathered in downtown Washington ...
Israel presses on with Gaza offensive approaching 100 days of war
Israel kept up bombardments in the Gaza Strip on Saturday as its deadly war on the enclave’s Hamas rulers approached 100 days with no end in sight.
In the southern ...
US carries out new strike in Yemen after Biden vows to keep pressure on
The United States carried out an additional strike against Yemen’s Houthi forces on Friday, after President Joe Biden’s administration vowed to protect shipping in the Red Sea.
The ...
Israel makes deal with Qatar to get medicine to hostages in Gaza -Israeli PM’s office
Israel has made an arrangement with Qatar that will allow the delivery of medicines to hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, the Israeli prime minister’s office said on ...
Erdogan: US, Britain trying to turn Red Sea into ‘sea of blood’
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday slammed the U.S. and British strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen as a disproportionate use of force and accused the two countries of ...
US, Britain carry out Yemen strikes in retaliation for Houthi attacks (Update)
U.S. and British warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen overnight in retaliation against Houthi forces for months of attacks on Red Sea shipping that ...
Israel rejects genocide accusations at World Court
Israel on Friday rejected as “grossly distorted” accusations brought by South Africa at the U.N.’s top court that its military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide campaign ...
After NYU, Berkley, UC it is the turn of Harvard to be sued by Jewish students over ‘rampant’ antisemitism
Harvard University has been sued by Jewish students who accused it of allowing its campus to become a bastion of rampant antisemitism.
In a complaint filed on Wednesday night, six ...
Cyprus ‘not involved’ as UK uses Akrotiri base to bomb Yemen (Video, Update 2)
The United Kingdom is on Friday using its Akrotiri base on the island to conduct bombing raids in Yemen, forcing the government to clarify that Cyprus was not involved in ...