Iraqis began casting ballots on Tuesday in parliamentary elections to choose a new 329-member legislature, state television reported, with nationwide polling set to close at 6:00 p.m. (1500 GMT).
The United States has prolonged the suspension of a broad package of sanctions on Syria for another 180 days as President Donald Trump met with the Syrian interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, at the White House on Monday.
Israel continues to commit genocide against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip as an average of eight Palestinians have been killed daily since the ceasefire became effective last month, a Geneva-based rights monitor group announced Monday.
Syria has foiled two separate Islamic State plots to assassinate President Ahmed al-Sharaa, two senior officials has said, adding a personal dimension to his plans to join a U.S.-led coalition to fight the terror group that he has long battled.
The death toll from Israeli air attacks on Lebanon has exceeded 300 since late November 2024 when a ceasefire accord was signed, Labanese Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine has stated.
Former American President Joe Biden reviewed intelligence indicating that Israeli officials were aware their actions in the Gaza Strip might violate US and international law, yet he denied recommendations from his advisers to reduce US involvement, HuffPost has reported, citing former US officials.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told a US Treasury delegation on Sunday that Beirut is strictly enforcing measures to prevent money laundering, smuggling, or the use of funds for terror financing.
The White House has claimed that nearly 15,000 trucks carrying commercial goods and humanitarian aid have entered Gaza since October 10, but Palestinians and aid groups have sharply disputed the figures.
U.S. President Donald Trump has been talking up the prospects of Saudi Arabia agreeing to normalise ties with Israel, but it is unlikely to happen when Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Washington this month.
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in the United States for a landmark official visit. It comes a day after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist.
Israel’s military has killed at least three Palestinians in attacks across the Gaza Strip despite a United States-brokered ceasefire, as authorities in the war-torn territory reported that the overall death toll has now risen above 69,000.
Three people have been killed in an Israeli air attack in Lebanon, according to the country’s National News Agency (NNA), in the latest flagrant violation of a one-year-old ceasefire.
The United Nations has warned of a sharp rise in illegal Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, marking the highest monthly toll in October in nearly 20 years.
Israeli military lawyers were reportedly concerned about the growing body of evidence suggesting that Tel Aviv’s actions in the Gaza Strip could amount to war crimes, according to US intelligence gathered during the first year of the conflict, five former American officials told Reuters.
Ankara has issued arrest warrants for alleged genocide against the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and senior officials within his government over the war in the Gaza Strip.
London has lifted sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, following a United Nations decision to remove him from its terrorist list. The move comes ahead of the Syrian leader’s planned visit to the United States.
The United States on Friday removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, after the United Nations Security Council lifted similar sanctions ahead of his meeting with President Donald Trump.
Israel’s military has renewed its incursions into Syria, setting up a checkpoint in the southern province of Quneitra, according to local media, as it continues daily attacks.
Washington is sharing a draft resolution on US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza with the 10 elected members of the United Nations Security Council later on Wednesday, an American official has stated.
The United States has proposed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution that would lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is due to meet American President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.
The Donald Trump administration is considering a Saudi Arabian request to buy as many as 48 F-35 fighter jets, a potential multi-billion-dollar deal that has cleared a key Pentagon hurdle ahead of a visit by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters news agency.
The Palestinian group Hamas handed over the remains of another Israeli hostage to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) late Tuesday under its ceasefire deal with Tel Aviv.
