Trump says many in Gaza are starving
US president Donald Trump said on Friday 鈥榓 lot of people are starving鈥� in the besieged Gaza Strip, where rescuers reported more than 74 deaths in Israeli air strikes since midnight.
Middle East
Iran, European powers hold nuclear talks in Turkey
Iran held talks with European powers on Friday about its nuclear negotiations with Washington, while US President Donald Trump issued a new threat unless the Iranians 鈥榤ove quickly鈥� towards a deal.
Trump says 鈥榞etting close鈥� to deal to avoid Iran war
US president Donald Trump said Thursday that a deal was close with Iran that would avert a military strike on the country鈥檚 contested nuclear sites.
Israeli strikes kill 100 in Gaza
Palestinian rescuers reported more than 100 people killed Thursday in Israeli strikes on blockaded Gaza, where a US-backed organisation said it intends to begin distributing aid by the end of the month.
Trump presses Syria leader on Israel ties after lifting sanctions
US president Donald Trump asked Syria鈥檚 new leader on Wednesday to normalise relations with Israel after he offered a major boost to the war-ravaged country by announcing the lifting of sanctions...
Qatar orders $200 bn in Boeing planes: Trump
US president Donald Trump said Wednesday Qatar Airways had placed a 鈥榬ecord鈥� order for 160 planes from Boeing worth more than $200 billion.
Journalist killed as Israel hits Gaza hospital
Israel鈥檚 military said it struck a Gaza hospital housing militants, in a raid on Tuesday that, according to Hamas, killed a journalist being treated after an Israeli attack last month...
鈥�83m people internally displaced worldwide鈥�
Raging conflicts, disasters and worsening climate change displaced tens of millions of people within their own countries last year, a new record, monitors said Tuesday.
Israel accused of using hunger as weapon of war in Gaza
A months-long Israeli blockade is worsening acute malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, medical charity Medecins du Monde warned on Tuesday, accusing Israel of using hunger as 鈥榓 weapon of war鈥�.
Saudis invest big in US weapons, AI
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday promised billions of dollars in deals with the United States from defence to artificial intelligence as it threw a lavish welcome for president Donald Trump on the first state visit of his second term.
Hamas frees US-Israeli hostage
Hamas said Monday that its armed wing had released a US-Israeli hostage, with a source close to the Islamist movement adding that Edan Alexander was handed over to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis...
PKK ends decades of armed struggle
The Kurdistan Workers鈥� Party on Monday announced its dissolution and the end of its armed struggle, drawing a line under its deadly four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state.
Hundreds march in West Bank against killings of medics
Hundreds of Palestinian Red Crescent staff marched in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday to protest the killing of medical workers in Gaza over the past 19 months of war.
Hamas frees US-Israeli hostage
Palestinian group Hamas said its armed wing handed over a US-Israeli hostage held in Gaza since October 2023 on Monday, ahead of a regional visit by US president Donald Trump.
Gaza faces 鈥榗ritical risk of famine鈥�, UN report says
Gaza is at 鈥榗ritical risk of famine鈥�, with 22 percent of the population facing an imminent humanitarian 鈥榗atastrophe鈥� after more than two months of an aid blockade by Israel, a food security monitor warned Monday.