More than 100,000 people, including senior politicians, have marched in Paris against antisemitism amid a dramatic surge in anti-Jewish incidents across France and bitter political rows over whether – and how – to take part. “Our order of the day today is … the

Five U.S. Army Special Operations troops died in a refueling “mishap” with a helicopter over the eastern Mediterranean Sea, defense officials said Sunday, in an incident that U.S. officials have handled with extra care as the Biden administration attempts to keep the war in

An Arab-Islamic summit hosted by Saudi Arabia called for an end to the war in Gaza and rejected justifying Israel’s actions against Palestinians as self-defence. The summit on Saturday condemned “Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, war crimes and barbaric and inhumane

A Texas officer and a barricaded armed suspect were killed Saturday in a shootout, Austin Interim Chief of Police Robin Henderson said. Two hostages were found dead and another officer was injured, authorities said. Early Saturday morning, a woman called 911 screaming for help and

Pope Francis has fired the Texan bishop Joseph Strickland, a fierce critic who has questioned the Pope's leadership of the Catholic church. The Vatican said the bishop would be "relieved" of his duties as a result of investigations at his Diocese of Tyler. Bishop

Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes raised fears of a volcanic eruption. Authorities have ordered overnight thousands living in the southwestern town of Grindavík to evacuate as a precaution. The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said

Staff inside Gaza's largest hospital have said patients and refugees are trapped in horrific conditions as heavy fighting rages in nearby streets. A surgeon at Al-Shifa in Gaza City told the BBC that the hospital had run out of water, food and electricity. Israel said it had

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for a summit on Gaza, state-affiliated media reported, his first visit since the two countries agreed to restore ties in March. The emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

A child is killed on average every 10 minutes in the Gaza Strip, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the United Nations Security Council on Friday, warning: "Nowhere and no one is safe." He said that half of Gaza's 36 hospitals and

Israel’s military has closed in on the front gates of Gaza’s biggest hospital, where thousands of injured and displaced people are trapped amid intensive Israeli bombardment. Israeli forces had fully encircled the al-Shifa Hospital as of early on Saturday morning,

Israel must stop killing babies and women in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron has told the BBC. In an exclusive interview at the Élysée Palace, he said there was "no justification" for the bombing, saying a ceasefire would benefit Israel. While

Iran’s foreign minister has reiterated that the continuation of Israel’s retaliatory offensive against Hamas would inevitably lead to an expansion of the conflict. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the comment in a telephone conversation with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh

Top cabinet officials of India and the United States held talks on Friday, stressing the need to further strengthen their friendship to be able to deal with urgent global, geopolitical challenges. The so-called annual “2+2 Dialogue” between US Secretary of State Antony

Fighting has raged for two weeks across northern Shan state near the Chinese border, in what analysts say poses the biggest military challenge to the junta since it seized power in 2021. The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)

Gaza officials have said Israel launched air strikes on or near at least three hospitals on Friday, further stressing the Palestinian enclave’s precarious health system as it struggles to cope with thousands of people wounded or displaced in Israel’s offensive on Gaza.

Israel’s military is performing “exceptionally well” in its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday, stressing Israel does not plan to reoccupy the Palestinian territory. “I think the Israeli army is performing

Members of the Myanmar military take part in a parade to mark the country's 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27, 2023. In a matter of days the military government in Myanmar has lost control of much of its border with China. A co-ordinated attack by three ethnic

Hundreds of staffers at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have signed a letter calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, as a growing number of government employees voice dissent against US support for Israel’s military offensive there.

The U.S. carried out an airstrike on a weapons warehouse in eastern Syria used by Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in the region for the past several weeks, the Pentagon said. In Wednesday's strike,

Dozens of Palestinians were killed in intense Israeli bombardments overnight in the Jabalia refugee camp in the north and Sabra in western Gaza. Thousands of Palestinians are walking miles to flee the fighting and Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza, as Israel says it is tightening