Amnesty urges probe into Israeli strike on Tehran prison
Amnesty International on Tuesday called for a war crimes investigation into Israel鈥檚 deadly air attack on Tehran鈥檚 Evin prison during last month鈥檚 12-day war...
Middle East
War in Gaza must end now, urge UK, 24 allies
Britain and 24 Western allies, including Australia, Canada, France and Italy, declared on Monday that the war in Gaza 鈥榤ust end now鈥�, arguing that civilians鈥� suffering had 鈥榬eached new depths鈥�...
Syria evacuates Bedouin from Druze-majority Sweida as ceasefire holds
Syrian authorities on Monday evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted a week of sectarian bloodshed that a monitor said killed more than 1,100 people...
Fears of escalation after Israel hits Yemen port
Israel pounded Yemen鈥檚 Huthi-held port of Hodeida with air strikes on Monday for the second time in a month, stoking fears of escalation as it warned Yemen could face the same fate as Iran...
Malnutrition reaches new heights in Gaza, children most affected
As malnutrition surges in war-torn Gaza, tens of thousands of children and women require urgent treatment, according to the UN, while aid enters the blockaded Palestinian territory at a trickle...
Israeli fire kills 57 aid seekers in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians waiting to collect humanitarian aid in the territory鈥檚 north on Sunday, killing 57 people and wounding dozens more...
Sectarian violence in South Syria kills 1,000 in a week
Calm returned to southern Syria鈥檚 Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups that killed more than 1,000 people...
Saudi 鈥楽leeping鈥� Prince dies after nearly two decades in coma
Prince Alwaleed bin Khaled bin Talal, widely known as the 鈥楽leeping Prince,鈥� passed away on Saturday after spending nearly 20 years in a coma, following a serious traffic accident in London.
US envoy urges accountability in West Bank church attack
The US ambassador to Israel on Saturday visited a Christian village in the occupied West Bank and urged accountability for an attack on an ancient church, which residents have blamed on Israeli settlers...
Israeli fire kills 26 near two aid centres in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said on Saturday that Israeli fire killed 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centres, in the latest deaths of Palestinians seeking food...
Clashes, arson persist in Syria despite ceasefire
Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria鈥檚 Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to 鈥榮laughter鈥� residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted...
21 dead in Iran as coach overturns
At least 21 people were killed and nearly 30 injured when a coach overturned in southern Iran on Saturday, state media reported...
Sharaa鈥檚 Syria 鈥榲ery dangerous鈥� for minorities: Israel
Israel on Saturday dismissed a renewed pledge by Syria鈥檚 interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa to protect minorities after deadly sectarian clashes, saying it was 鈥榲ery dangerous鈥� to be a minority in the country...
Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said on Friday that Israeli strikes killed 14 people in the north and south of the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
Top 鈥楬oly Land鈥� clerics visit Gaza after deadly church strike
Two of the most senior Christian leaders in Jerusalem travelled to Gaza on Friday after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory鈥檚 only Catholic church, provoking international condemnation.