Hamas on Sunday called for a swift start to a hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel, as negotiators from the two warring sides were set to meet in Egypt for crucial talks aimed at ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza.
Iran鈥檚 top diplomat said Sunday that cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog was no longer relevant following the reimposition of international sanctions on the Islamic republic.
Members of local committees in Syria began聽on Sunday selecting members of a transitional parliament, in a process criticised as undemocratic, with a third of the members appointed directly by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Israel said Saturday its troops were still operating in Gaza and warned residents not to return, despite calls from the families of Israeli hostages and US president Donald Trump for an immediate halt to the fighting.
Iran鈥檚 judiciary said on Saturday it had executed six members of a 鈥榯errorist鈥� group convicted of waging armed attacks in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
Hundreds of Iraqi farmers protested Saturday against the government鈥檚 policy of curbing land cultivation to preserve dwindling water supplies, an AFP correspondent said.
Hamas said on Friday it was ready to start immediate talks on freeing the Israeli hostages it holds and ending the Gaza war, welcoming United States president Donald Trump鈥檚 call for Israel to stop bombing the Palestinian territory...
The United Nations insisted on Friday there was no safe place for Palestinians ordered to leave Gaza City,and that Israeli-designated zones in the southern Gaza Strip were 鈥榩laces of death鈥�.
Protesters around the world on Friday railed at Israel鈥檚 interception of a flotilla carrying aid for Gaza鈥檚 besieged Palestinians, urging greater sanctions in response.
Nearly 42,000 people, a quarter of them children, have suffered 鈥榣ife-changing injuries鈥� including amputations, and head and spinal cord injuries in Israel鈥檚 war in Gaza, the World Health Organisation said Thursday.
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the arrest of 鈥榤ore than 20 foreign journalists鈥� by Israel following the interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and called for their immediate release.
Israel on Friday deported four Italian activists, the first of hundreds detained from an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, shortly after the interception of a final boat brought an end to its mission.
Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship Conscience has entered the Palestinian time zone.
The only remaining boat in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza sailed towards the war-torn Palestinian territory on Friday, after Israeli navy interceptions of its fellow vessels drew worldwide protests.
Turkish opposition leaders say the government has found a new way to silence dissent: pressuring its mayors and local officials to defect to the ruling party.
