17 killed as migrant boat sinks off Turkey
Sixteen migrants and a people trafficker died when their inflatable dinghy capsized early Friday in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish resort of Bodrum, the coastguard said.
Middle East
US seeks quick deployment of int鈥檒 Gaza force
US secretary of state Marco Rubio voiced hope Friday of soon putting together an international force to police the ceasefire in Gaza and said Israel, which opposes including Turkey, could veto participants.
Wife of Marwan Barghouti asks Trump to seek his release
The wife of high-profile Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti, Fadwa Barghouti, appealed to US president Donald Trump to help release the popular leader from his Israeli jail, her son Arab said.
WHO pleads for sick Gazans to be allowed to leave
The UN鈥檚 health agency pleaded Friday for thousands of people in desperate need of medical care to be allowed to leave Gaza, in what it said would be a 鈥榞ame-changer鈥�.
Israel court postpones Gaza access
An organisation representing international media in Israel and the Palestinian territories expressed disappointment Thursday after Israel鈥檚 top court postponed its hearing on granting journalists independent access to Gaza...
Trump says would pull US support if Israel annexes West Bank
President Donald Trump said Israel would lose its crucial backing from the United States if it annexes the occupied West Bank, in a Time magazine interview published Thursday...
Two killed in Israeli strikes on east Lebanon
Two people were killed in Israeli air strikes on mountainous areas in eastern Lebanon on Thursday, according to the health ministry, with the Israeli military saying it had struck Hezbollah targets.
Iran says any new attack would be another failure
Iran warned on Thursday against fresh attacks on his country, after UN nuclear watchdog chief said he fears a possible 鈥榬enewed use of force鈥� if attempts at diplomacy with Tehran fail.
US pushes plan to disarm Hamas, rebuild Gaza
Vice president JD Vance warned Wednesday that the United States and allies face a tough task disarming Hamas and building a peaceful future for Gaza, as Washington sought to reassure Israel over the next steps in its ambitious ceasefire deal...
Iran ratifies law to join UN convention against terror financing
Iran ratified a law joining a United Nations convention against terror financing, local media reported Wednesday, in hopes it will lead to access to global banking, an easing of trade and relieving pressure on its sanctions-hit economy...
US piles pressure on Hamas to respect聽Gaza truce
US president Donald Trump warned Hamas it will be wiped out if it breaches the Gaza ceasefire, as vice president JD Vance travelled to Israel on Tuesday to shore up the fragile truce...
Gaza ceasefire vital to deliver food, save lives: UN
Maintaining the Gaza ceasefire is critical for delivering life-saving food aid in the territory, the United Nations said Tuesday, repeating a call for all border crossings to be opened...
Trump says Gaza ceasefire still in force after Israeli strikes
US president Donald Trump said Sunday that a ceasefire in Gaza was still holding after Israel carried out deadly strikes on the territory over alleged truce violations by Hamas...
Khamenei tells Trump to 鈥榢eep dreaming鈥�
Iran鈥檚 supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday rebuffed claims by US president Donald Trump that the Islamic republic鈥檚 nuclear sites had been destroyed by US strikes in June...
Israel, Hamas accuse each other of breaching Gaza truce
Gaza鈥檚 nine-day-old ceasefire came under strain Sunday after the Israeli army said it launched air strikes in response to attacks it claimed were carried out by Hamas militants against its forces.
