Several powerful pro-Iran Iraqi politicians have in recent days voiced opposition to a potential visit by Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa to Iraq for the upcoming Arab League summit.
Israeli strikes killed at least 92 people in the Gaza Strip in the last 48 hours, the health ministry said yesterday, as UN said the tiny Palestinian territory is being subjected to “deprivation by design”.
Iran and the United States yesterday agreed to hold another round of talks next week over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, Iranian state TV reported, as they ended their second round of negotiations in Rome over their decades-long standoff.
US strikes on a fuel port in Yemen killed at least 74 people yesterday, Houthi-run media said, one of the deadliest days since the United States began its attacks on the Iran-backed militants.
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday called for Asian nations to unite in resisting geopolitical confrontation, unilateralism and protectionism, as he aims to consolidate ties with some of China’s closest neighbours amid a deterioration of relations with the US.
Lebanon reported two dead in separate Israeli strikes on the country’s south yesterday, as Israel’s military said it had killed a Hezbollah operative, despite a ceasefire between the two sides.
Medicine stocks are critically low due to the aid block in Gaza, making it hard to keep hospitals even partially operational, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
Iran said yesterday it was giving high-level nuclear talks with the United States today “a genuine chance”, after President Donald Trump threatened bombing if discussions failed.
At least 183 children among the dead; thousands flee after new evacuation order.
Yemen’s Huthis yesterday said they carried out their third attack on American warships in 48 hours, after US President Donald Trump declared he will hold Iran directly responsible for any future attacks by the Tehran-backed rebels.
Israeli airstrikes yesterday killed more than 400 people in Gaza, shattering a fragile ceasefire and drawing global condemnation.
The Israeli military said it launched air strikes in central and southern Gaza on Monday targeting militants attempting to plant explosives near Israeli forces stationed in the territory.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Monday that his country was “committed” to cooperating with the UN’s nuclear agency after meeting with its chief, Rafael Grossi.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthis yesterday vowed to meet “escalation with escalation” after a wave of deadly US air strikes, with witnesses to the bombing saying they were taken aback by its intensity, even after years of war.
Gaza’s civil defence agency said nine people including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes in the north yesterday, an attack Hamas denounced as a “blatant violation” of the fragile ceasefire.
Iraqi security forces have killed a senior Islamic State (IS) group leader responsible for foreign operations, according to the country’s prime minister, with US President Donald Trump saying later Friday his “miserable life was terminated”.
Hamas yesterday said it was ready to free an Israeli-American hostage and the remains of four others after the Palestinian militants and Israel resumed indirect Gaza ceasefire negotiations.
A United Nations investigation yesterday concluded that Israel carried out “genocidal acts” in Gaza through the destruction of its main IVF clinic, maternity facilities and other reproductive healthcare facilities.
