Hamas released two American hostages, Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter, Natalie Raanan, on Friday nearly two weeks after launching a deadly attack in Israel and abducting around 200 people. The US citizens were handed over at the border with Gaza and are now in the care

At least 4,137 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began bombarding the Palestinian enclave, the Hamas-controlled health ministry said Friday. The ministry said another 13,162 people have been wounded in the Israeli strikes, which have been ongoing since October 7.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has announced she is separating from her partner and the father of her young daughter after nearly a decade together. In a statement posted on social media, Ms Meloni said her relationship with Andrea Giambruno had ended. She said their paths had

Aid trucks need to move to Gaza as quickly as possible, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. He called for a meaningful number of trucks to enter Gaza every day and for verifications of aid

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Riyadh on Thursday and held talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. On arrival, Sunak was received by the deputy emir of Riyadh region, Saudi Press Agency reported. Prince Mohammed told Sunak that Riyadh considered the

Palestinians in war-torn Gaza on Thursday awaited the arrival of emergency aid promised in a deal struck by US President Joe Biden, as Israel's military kept up its bombardment of targets in the Hamas-run enclave. Cargo planes delivered stocks including food and medicine, water

Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats from India amid a dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Thursday, adding that Ottawa would not take retaliatory steps. New Delhi last month asked Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence after Prime

China has significantly expanded its nuclear stockpile over the past year and is now holding some 500 operational warheads, the US has said. An annual report released by the Pentagon also said Beijing hopes to double its arsenal to over 1,000 warheads by 2030. But it said China

The leader of Iranian Jews says the Zionist regime cannot represent Judaism, just as the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group cannot represent Islam. Rabbi Younes Hamami-Lalehzar, who is also a physician, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV aired on Thursday. “Just as the

Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the US veto of a UN Security Council resolution calling for a pause in Israel's attacks and crimes against the people of Gaza is "double oppression" against the Palestinians and humanity. The ongoing events against the

President Joe Biden made an impassioned call for the United States to show global leadership by backing Israel and Ukraine, saying in a speech from the Oval Office Thursday that defeating Hamas and Russia was a vital US interest. Biden, 80, said he would make an "urgent"

Rishi Sunak has flown to Israel for talks with its leaders, and will then travel to other countries in the region for further discussions, Downing Street has announced. The prime minister left London on Wednesday evening, and was scheduled to hold talks with the Israeli prime minister,

Dozens killed as Israeli air raids continue to target Gaza overnight, according to Palestinian and Arab media reports, as residents mourn the deadly strike at al-Ahli Arab Hospital. Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian

The United States has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have condemned Hamas’ attack on Israel while calling for a pause in the fighting to allow humanitarian assistance into Gaza. The US was the sole vote against the resolution on Wednesday, with 12

On the night of October 9, Seng Mai was awoken by a deafening explosion that tore apart her shelter in Mung Lai Hkyet, a camp for conflict-displaced people in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State. “The sound was so loud that I wondered whether I had even survived,” the

Russian leader Vladimir Putin was given the red carpet treatment at a global summit in Beijing, as China and Russia deepen their solidarity. Hosted by China's President Xi Jinping, the meeting celebrated 10 years of his signature foreign and economic policy, the Belt and Road

Summary Egypt's president has agreed to open up a crossing to allow up to 20 trucks of aid into Gaza US President Joe Biden told reporters that the aid shipment would probably not happen until Friday It came as President Biden visited Israel in a show of support where he backed

Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi is seeking the approval of emergency regulations that would allow him to shut down the operations of the Al Jazeera news station in Israel. The proposed regulations aim to prohibit news organizations from intentionally undermining national

Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should impose an oil embargo and other sanctions on Israel and expel all Israeli ambassadors, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Wednesday. An urgent meeting of the OIC is taking place in the Saudi city of

Chinese President Xi Jinping promised greater access to China's market for international firms and new financing exceeding USD 100 billion for other developing economies as he opened a forum Wednesday on his signature Belt and Road infrastructure policy. The initiative has built