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As war between Israel and Gaza rages, US and British attacks on Yemen in Red Sea showdown risk spreading the conflict further.
A four-day cessation to hostilities, while welcome, is hardly the answer; as Chinese President Xi Jinping rightly said, a two-state solution is the only viable route to peace.
Shelling and clashes have been reported in south Gaza’s main city of Khan Younis and elsewhere, with 12 members of the same family among those killed overnight.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his intention to lead the country to ‘total victory’ in the war in the Gaza Strip.
If the death is confirmed, Marwan Issa would be the highest-ranking official from the Islamist militant movement killed by Israel in five months of war.
No casualties were reported from the building attack, and Israel’s military said the block was being used by Hamas to plan attacks on Israelis.
Iran’s judiciary has executed a ‘terrorist’ over a drone attack that targeted a defence ministry site in central Iran last year, state media reported.
The move is seen as a step towards achieving peace in the Middle East by reforming the Palestinian Authority to govern Gaza once the war with Israel is over.
The man was taken to hospital after the fire was put out by US Secret Service officers. He remains in critical condition.
Israeli prime minister claimed total victory in Gaza would come within weeks once the offensive begins.
Herbert Fritz travelled to Afghanistan last year and published an article titled ‘Vacations with the Taliban’. He was arrested shortly afterwards on suspicion of espionage.
Israel warned that it will push on with its offensive during the Muslim holy month, including in the far-southern Rafah area.
The deaths came with international concern mounting about unrest in the West Bank since Hamas’ October 7 attack on southern Israel sparked the Gaza war.
The US and Philippine governments both alleged Myrna Mabanza was involved in two 2016 fund transfers – one of up to US$107,000 – to the then leader of ISIS-Philippines.
Ibrahim Hasouna is the sole survivor of his family. His parents, two brothers, and the wife and three children of one of those brothers were killed in an Israeli bombardment on Rafah before dawn Monday.
There were hugs and tears at Israel’s largest hospital as Luis Har, 70, and Fernando Simon Marman, 60, were reunited with their families after being rescued in a deadly military raid in Gaza.
Fears of a looming ground incursion grew among more than a million Palestinians trapped in the war-ravaged territory’s densely crowded far south.
Khadafi Mimbesa, ‘mastermind’ of the December 3 attack in Marawi, the country’s largest Muslim city, was hurt in a shoot-out between army soldiers and militants last month and died days later.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu held call with US president after Egypt threatened to suspend peace treaty with Israel if it sends troops into the Gaza border town.
Some politicians have called for the polls to be postponed, but the Election Commission of Pakistan says Thursday’s vote will go on.
Proposal would pause fighting for an initial six weeks as Hamas frees hostages seized on October 7 in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, according to a Hamas source.
Israel is preparing to advance its war on Gaza farther south, close to the Egyptian border, after claiming to have dismantled Hamas in Khan Younis.
New UN report says the threat from al-Qaeda, Islamic State and their affiliates remains high in key conflict zones – and that threat levels have risen in some regions including Europe.
Observers say Islamabad is ‘signalling’ to Narendra Modi’s administration ahead of India’s elections later this year. New Delhi carried out cross-border strikes on Pakistani militants before its last polls in 2019.
Intelligence dossier offers new details to undergird Israel’s long-standing accusation that UNRWA is deeply connected to and sometimes works in concert with Hamas.
Palestinian student Aseel Abu Haddaf was due to graduate medical school in Gaza this year, but now lives in a tent as her home and her university lie in rubble from Israeli air strikes.
Several countries have paused funding for the UNRWA refugee agency after allegations by Israel that a dozen of its 13,000 staff in Gaza were involved in the October 7 rampage.
CIA director William Burns and Israel’s Mossad intelligence chief David Barnea will meet Qatari PM and foreign minister in Europe this weekend, an official said.
The action by about 20 people on Monday signalled growing domestic dissent in the fourth month of the Gaza war against Hamas.