Blinken to meet with leaders of Saudi Arabia, UAE
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards an aircraft during his departure from Washington to travel to the Middle East, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Joint Base …
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More than 100 killed in blasts at memorial for top Iranian general Soleimani
An Iranian woman is standing next to flags featuring portraits of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, Major General Qasem Soleimani, in a war toys and religious accessory …
Israeli drone kills Hamas deputy leader in Beirut; Gaza death toll passes 22,000
Deputy Chairman of the Movement’s Political Bureau Saleh Al-Arouri makes a speech after signing the reconciliation agreement to build a consensus with Palestinian Fatah movement leader Azzam Al-Ahmad (not seen) …
Netanyahu says Israel must control Gaza’s border with Egypt, war to last months
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with soldiers stationed near the north of Gaza Strip in Jerusalem on Dec. 25, 2023. Avi Ohayon | Anadolu | Getty Images Israeli Prime …
Russia pounds Kharkiv with missiles and drones, Ukraine says
Firefighters extinguish a fire in a building after a Russian drone attack in Kharkiv on early Dec. 31, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sergey Bobok | Afp | …
Israel’s Gaza bombing campaign is the most destructive of this century, analysts say
Few outside journalists have been able to enter Gaza, but developments in satellite technology over the past decade have made it possible to accurately assess from space the destruction brought by the …
10 killed by shelling on Russia’s Belgorod following Moscow’s aerial assault against Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen lower the coffin of Ukrainian army officer into a grave at a cemetery in the Carpathian mountains in Krasnyk village, Ukraine, on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Evgeniy Maloletka …
Airstrikes hit camps in central Gaza as Biden administration approves new weapons sales to Israel
An Israeli soldier operates in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in this handout picture released on Dec. 29, 2023. Israel …
Palestinians stream into a southern Gaza town as Israel expands its offensive in the center
Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into an already crowded town at the southernmost end of Gaza in recent days, according to the United Nations, fleeing Israel’s bombardment of the …
A Russian drone and artillery attack kills 6 in Ukraine and knocks out power in a major city
A worker cleans an area at a site of a yesterday’s Russian military strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, at railway station in Kherson, Ukraine December 27, 2023. Stringer | …