When I first saw footage of Gaza doctor Munir al-Bursh and his family kneeling beside the white-shrouded body of his son, surrounded by mourners, I thought it was an old video. It was not. My concl…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the US has “virtually total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, while claiming that oil shipments through the strategically important waterway have surged t…

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji said Wednesday that direct negotiations with Israel under US auspices are the only way to regain Lebanese territory and allow residents to return to their vi…

The number of Palestinian journalists killed since the start of Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip has risen to 263, Gaza’s government media office said Wednesday. The latest death toll cam…

Switzerland on Wednesday condemned an attack by 100 Israeli occupiers on the Palestinian village of Jalud in the occupied West Bank, saying the “unprecedented level of settler violence cannot…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday said that the “Mecca Defense Alliance” with Turkiye and Pakistan aims to bolster regional stability and shield the region from tensions and confl…

Israel’s Supreme Court is set to hold a hearing Thursday on petitions challenging decisions to bar Arab candidates and electoral lists from parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct. 27, Anad…

Greece’s Education Ministry urged universities to pursue academic and research cooperation with Israeli institutions under an Israeli-funded initiative, the EFSYN newspaper reported Wednesday…

President Donald Trump placed Iraqi new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi at the center of his announcement that the last American forces are leaving the country, portraying the new Iraqi leader as a key…

Israeli restrictions in nearly two-thirds of the Gaza Strip represent the primary barrier to humanitarian relief and flood protection efforts, the UN said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “Our hum…

There is a “strong indication” that Iran played a role in Sunday’s suspected terror plot near Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford base in South West England, the prime minister confirmed Wed…

The US said Wednesday that it lifted its long-standing blanket ban on arms exports to Syria, clearing the way for case-by-case reviews of defense sales and security services to Damascus, Anadolu re…

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed Wednesday that an incident involving an Israel-bound Flydubai flight was an “attempted terrorist attack,” Anadolu reports. The Dubai-based c…

A Palestinian imam and religious radio presenter was killed Wednesday in an Israeli drone strike while he was preparing a media report on Quran memorization in the southern Gaza Strip, according to…

For years, Mohammed bin Salman appeared determined to prove that Saudi Arabia could be modernized by exchanging the stern face of clerical authority for the smiling face of entertainment capitalism…

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Wednesday accused the government of playing “cheap politics” at the expense of Israel’s security following the scare involving a Flydubai passenger plane, An…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and UN envoy to Libya Hanna Tetteh discussed Wednesday the latest political and security developments in Libya and efforts to advance the political process …

On Saturday, 26 September, US President Donald Trump announced that he had rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bring hostilities to an end. Within hours, Iranian Forei…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has received the US response to a proposal conveyed through Qatari mediation, government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said Wednesday, according to state br…

Hundreds of Israeli occupiers stormed into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday morning to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, a Jerusalem Islamic Waqf official said, …

The US and its coalition partners have formally concluded Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq, Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, Parnell said the…

The recent period witnessed considerable instability in the Red Sea; the Houthis repeatedly imposed a blockade on this crucial international trade corridor; this disturbance is expected to increase…

A fight between the pilots of a passenger plane flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv reportedly triggered a hijacking code before the aircraft landed in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to Israeli dai…

China on Wednesday reminded the US and Iran to return to the framework of the Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU) and resume dialogue, Anadolu reports. Reiterating support for ending disput…