Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt by Daesh terrorists to blow up a revered Shia shrine in a Damascus suburb, state news agency SANA has reported.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has claimed that Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk region. This marks the first time Kyiv has announced the capture of soldiers from North Korea alive since their entry into the war last autumn.
Thousands of unexploded munitions fired by the Israeli military have remained scattered across the Gaza Strip since the start of war in October 2023, according to Israeli media.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has reaffirmed his country's insistence on Israel’s full withdrawal from all the occupied territories, according to a statement.
A health official in the Gaza Strip has announced that the Palestinian Health Ministry documented 4,500 amputations, including upper and lower limbs, since the beginning of the Israeli war against the blockaded enclave.
Hamas has claimed that most of the Israeli captives held in northern Gaza Strip have gone missing after the regime's heavy attacks, holding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his military responsible for their lives.
At least one person was killed and several others were wounded after Israeli jets carried out air strikes across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, local media reported.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has held meeting with Syria’s new rulers in Damascus, and urged talks on easing European Union sanctions imposed on the previous government of Bashar al-Assad.
An official Palestinian tally of deaths in Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip likely undercounted the toll by 41 percent in the first nine months of the war as the besieged enclave’s healthcare infrastructure unravelled, according to a study.
A public opinion survey published on Friday revealed that 88% of Israelis support a hostage exchange agreement with Palestinian factions. It comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party faces declining popularity due to the prolonged war in the Gaza Strip.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) following the judicial body’s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, over Gaza crimes.
Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun has been elected as the country’s president after a second round of parliamentary voting, breaking a deadlock that has left the Middle Eastern country without a head of state since October 2022.
At least 70 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since October 2023 to 46,006, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said in a statement on Thursday.
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has urged respect for Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as the formation of an inclusive government through free and fair elections.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated that more than a third of Israeli troops in Lebanon have withdrawn from the country since the establishment of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
The Israeli army is reportedly refraining from releasing information about its soldiers due to fears that they may be arrested abroad for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.
The international charity organization Doctors Without Borders has warned that the lives of newborn babies and other patients are at risk in three hospitals in the Gaza Strip “as they run out of fuel”.
US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming special envoy has stated that he hopes to mediate a resolution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict within 100 days, starting on Inauguration Day on January 20.
The United Nations has cautioned about "very real threats" to Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity following the overthrow of the Bashar Assad government.
Israel is obstructing a United Nations investigation into alleged sexual violence committed during the Hamas-led 7 October attacks, according to a report by Haaretz.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's public trust rating in the country has dropped from 90% at the start of the war between Moscow and Kiev in early 2022 to 52% in December 2024.
