Top diplomats from the United States and Russia sparred politely in Iceland during their first face-to-face encounter, which came as ties between the nations have deteriorated sharply in recent months.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet approved a cease-fire agreement with Hamas on Thursday following 11 days of escalating military clashes in the Gaza Strip, his office confirmed.
As the cycle of violence escalates between Israel and Hamas militants, Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system – and the U.S. military assistance to the country – are once again in the spotlight.
Israel’s Embassy in China is protesting what it describes as “blatant anti-Semitism” on a program run by the overseas channel of state broadcaster CCTV discussing the ongoing violence in Gaza and elsewhere.
Indian navy ships and helicopters searched in extreme weather and rough seas Wednesday for 78 people still missing from a barge that sank off Mumbai as a deadly cyclone blew ashore this week.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to "continue this operation" against Hamas “until its aim is met," despite President Biden calling him earlier to convey that he expects “a significant de-escalation today on the path to a cease-fire.”
After more than a week of fighting, appeals by major powers for calm and a growing number of casualties, the conflict between Israel and Hamas continued to intensify Tuesday amid reports of rockets also being launched from Lebanon.
An airstrike launched from within the Gaza Strip that hit a packaging plant in southern Israel Tuesday has killed two Thai workers, police say, as Israeli forces and Palestinian militants continue to exchange rocket fire.
The Israeli military unleashed another heavy wave of airstrikes Monday on the Gaza Strip, saying it destroyed militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders. International diplomacy to end the weeklong war that has killed hundreds appeared to make little headway.
Pope Francis on Monday named a new bishop for Hong Kong, tapping the head of his own Jesuit order in the region, the Rev. P. Stephen Chow Sau-Yan, for the politically sensitive position.
The U.S. and British embassies in Burma expressed concern about reports of fierce government attacks on a town in western Chin state, where the ruling junta declared martial law because of armed resistance to military rule.
Israel says airstrikes it launched into Gaza Monday have destroyed nine homes belonging to “high-ranking commanders” in Hamas and nine miles of tunnels used by the militant group.
Contreras' comments were in response to an article he shared on the social media platform about a transgender male who announced they were a father after giving birth to a baby girl.
The bleacher was packed with ultra-Orthodox worshippers and collapsed during prayers at the beginning of Shavuot. A spokesman for Magen David Adom told Channel 13 that paramedics had treated over 157 people for injuries and pronounced two dead, a man in his 50s and a 12-year-old boy.