Ukraine's Saturday strike on Belgorod is the “worst” since the start of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said in a Telegram post. In a separate post in the early hours of Sunday, he added that the death toll from the raids has risen to 24.
The border zone between the Gaza Strip and Egypt must be under Israel’s control, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. He has predicted the war in the Palestinian enclave and on other regional fronts would last many months.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed South Africa’s decision to file a lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), after nearly three months of relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
Pakistan’s election body rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nomination to contest the 2024 parliamentary elections, with the Tahreek-e Insaf (PTI) party accusing authorities of stopping most of its candidates from participating in the elections due in February.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is gravely concerned about the spillover of the Gaza conflict, and calls on all parties to exercise maximum restraint for regional peace, his spokesman has stated.
The European Union foreign policy chief has urged a new pause in the Gaza war, saying Israeli aggression against the besieged strip keeps "causing a heavy toll".
Addressing the United Nations Security Council, Majed Bamya, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, stated the wide-scale destruction of Gaza by Israeli operations has made it clear their sole goal is forced displacement of the Gaza residents.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says Israeli troops have been deliberately destroying Palestinian properties and looting their homes in Gaza.
The United States is taking steps to reassure shipping companies that it is safe to use the Red Sea and Suez Canal for cargo deliveries amid continued attacks by the Houthis, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
South Africa has filed an application at the International Court of Justice to begin proceedings over claims of genocide against Israel for its war against Gaza, the court has announced.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced it is very concerned over the spread of infectious diseases in Gaza as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians remain displaced, with many in overcrowded shelters and health facilities.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the international community to respond to Russia's latest aerial assault on Ukraine — the biggest since the start of Russia's invasion in February 2022.
The commander of Iran’s Quds Force says al-Aqsa Flood was a purely Palestinian operation and every stage thereof was planned and carried out by the Palestinian resistance.
Yemen's defense minister has warned foreign military troops against offering support to Tel Aviv and securing passage of Israel-owned ships or vessels bound for Israeli ports in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea waters.
More than 80 children have been killed in the past 12 weeks in the occupied West Bank, amid intensified military activities, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported.
The United Nations relief chief has expressed frustration with hurdles in getting aid into Gaza, where an acute hunger crisis is impacting millions as Israel presses on with its offensive against the besieged enclave.
Yemen's Houthis have insisted that the international waterways are secure for all passing vessels, except for Israeli ones or those heading towards Israel.
The United Nations has urged Israel to “end unlawful killings” of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, warning that the human rights situation in the territory is rapidly deteriorating.
Israel’s operation to find and kill Hamas' armed wing leader Muhammed al-Dayf will take a "long time", Israeli army spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari has stated.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has repeated its call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, noting that the Gaza Strip is grappling with "catastrophic hunger”.
Moscow's oil sales to the Europran Union have shrunk to a tenth of the former level due to Western sanctions, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has announced.
The United States and the Europen Union have abandoned their objective of “total victory” of Ukraine over Russia in favor of a negotiated settlement that might cede some territory to Moscow, Politico has reported citing several anonymous insiders.
Senior Israeli minister Benny Gantz, and a member of Israel's War Cabinet, has said the situation on the northern border with Lebanon “must change”, hinting at the possibility of military escalation with the powerful group Hezbollah.