Politics Feb 26 Biden hopes Israel-Hamas war cease-fire, hostage deal can take effect by next Monday President Joe Biden said Monday that he hopes a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that would pause hostilities and allow for remaining hostages to be released can take effect by early next week.
World Feb 26 Human Rights Watch says Israel is violating order from top UN court by blocking aid to Gazans Human Rights Watch said Israel was not adhering to the court’s order on aid provision, citing a 30% drop in the daily average number of aid trucks entering Gaza in the weeks following the court’s ruling.
World Feb 08 Israel kills 13 in Rafah, southern Gaza town where many Palestinians have fled More than half of Gaza's population has fled to Rafah, on the mostly sealed border with Egypt. It is also the main entry point for humanitarian aid.
World Feb 05 Several allied Kurdish fighters killed in drone attack on base housing U.S. troops in Syria In late January, a drone attack by an umbrella group of Iran-backed Iraqi militias killed three U.S. troops and wounded dozens more at a desert base in Jordan.
World Feb 04 A year after deadly earthquake, conflicts and shrinking aid compound misery for Syrians In the year since a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria, killing more than 59,000 people, the situation in Syria has only become more grim for those who survived. An initial outpouring of assistance from the outside world…
World Jan 14 Two Israeli civilians killed by missile fire from Lebanon as Israel-Hamas war rages for 100th day An anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon hit a home in northern Israel on Sunday, killing two civilians and renewing concerns about the risk of a second front erupting in the Israel-Hamas war.
World Jan 08 Israeli airstrike kills top Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon It's the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes along the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians.
World Dec 14 Israel vows to continue fighting in Gaza despite deadly ambush and mounting International calls for cease-fire The ambush was in Gaza City, one of the hardest hit areas of the war. It showed Hamas' resilience and called into question whether Israel can defeat it without wiping out the entire territory.
World Dec 11 Iraq struggles to contain ripple effects of Gaza war as Iran-backed groups attack U.S. troops Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over the past two months have forced Baghdad into a balancing act that's becoming more difficult by the day.
World Dec 07 Strikes on Gaza’s southern edge sow fear in one of the last areas to which people can flee Israel has widened its offensive against Hamas from the devastated north to southern areas already packed with displaced people.