The Israeli military has deployed the regular infantry and armored brigades to the Gaza Strip as part of a military buildup following its decision to expand a ground offensive in the enclave that is facing genocidal attacks.
Saudi state oil giant Aramco is exploring potential asset sales to free up funds, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters news agency, as it pursues an international expansion and weathers lower crude prices.
A joint Lebanese-Palestinian committee has tasked with the removal of weapons held by Palestinian factions in Lebanon’s refugee camps has met for the first time to begin hashing out a timetable for disarming the groups.
The ongoing humanitarian crisis and aid blockade in the Gaza Strip may amount to "ethnic cleansing and genocide", a leading rapporteur from the Council of Europe warned on Friday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has sounded the alarm over "atrocious levels of death and destruction" by Israel in Gaza, emphasizing that recent aid delivery "now amounts to a teaspoon of aid."
The administration of United States President Donald Trump took its first concrete action to deliver sanctions relief for Syria, following a surprise policy pivot earlier this month.
Most Israelis think Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is more interested in remaining in power than winning the Gaza war or freeing captives, according to an Israeli television poll aired Friday.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has denounced a wave of Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon, calling on the international community to pressure Tel Aviv to respect a ceasefire reached in November with Lebanese group Hezbollah.
At least 94% of all hospitals in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed, and people in the north of the besieged enclave have practically lost the opportunity to receive any medical care, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced in a report.
No aid has reached Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip as of Wednesday, despite Israeli claims that dozens of trucks have entered the enclave, a UK-based news outlet says.
Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that a government decision to sack the head of the domestic intelligence service Shin Bet was "illegal and contrary to law", Israeli media has reported.
A diplomatic delegation from the European Union, Arab and Asian nations has come under Israeli fire while visiting the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority and numerous countries have announced.
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appealed for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, calling the situation in the Palestinian enclave "yet more worrying and saddening".
The Gaza Media Office reports that Israel's 80-day blockade - involving strict border closures and aid restrictions - has resulted in approximately 330 deaths and over 300 miscarriages, describing the situation as amounting to a campaign of genocide.
Syria's leadership approved the handover of the belongings of long-dead spy Eli Cohen to Israel in a bid to ease Israeli hostility and show goodwill to U.S. President Donald Trump, three sources told Reuters.
The European Union will launch a review of its granting trade privileges to Israel amid mounting concern over the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, the bloc's foreign policy chief announced Tuesday.
The United States has obtained new intelligence indicating that Israel is preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as negotiations continue between Tehran and Washington, according to a report by CNN.
The US Secretary of State indicated on Tuesday that the reopening of the US embassy in Damascus is possible if interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa can quell security concerns stemming from armed factions not aligned with his government.
The United Nations’s humanitarian chief warned on Tuesday that up to "14,000 babies" in the besieged Gaza Strip could die "within the next 48 hours" if humanitarian aid doesn't reach them promptly.
European Union countries have given the green light to lifting economic sanctions on Damascus in a bid to help the war-torn country recover following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, according to diplomats speaking to news agencies.
More than 20 countries and the EU have called on Israel to lift blockade of aid delivery into the Gaza Strip and enable the UN and humanitarian organizations to work independently and impartially.
Three more staff members of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) were killed in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of staff killed to over 300, the global organization has announced.
