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Houthi-run media, however, reported strikes by the US and the UK on the district of Durayhimi in the Red Sea province of Hodeida.

US circulated a rival UNSC resolution that supports a temporary cease-fire in Gaza linked to the release of all hostages, and calls for the lifting of all restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid.

The Israeli army confirmed that a "hostile aircraft" had come down at one of its bases in the north and said that "no injuries or damage were reported."

Tawil "had a leading role in managing Hezbollah's operations in the south", the security official said, requesting anonymity.

Hamza Wael Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuria, who also worked as a video stringer for AFP and other news organisations, were killed while they were "on their way to carry out their duty" for the channel.

Bilateral trade between the two nations has doubled from USD 5.4 billion in 2020-21 to USD 12.3 billion in 2022-23.

Many of Israel's attacks Saturday were focused on the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza, where the military said it had struck more than 50 Hamas targets with airstrikes, tank fire and its navy.

The Summit was attended by 22 heads of government, though some leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden were not present.

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said Monday that at the same time the bloc asked Israel “for maximum restraint in targeting in order to avoid human casualties.”

The Israeli leader also insisted that after the war, now entering its sixth week, Gaza would be demilitarized and Israel would retain security control there.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trusted diplomat Deepak Mittal is spearheading India’s efforts to help eight former Indian Navy personnel,

Witnesses and health officials said many of the airstrikes hit residential buildings, in southern Gaza where Israel had told civilians to take shelter.

Tel Aviv: On Sunday, French far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon accused parliament speaker Yael Braun-Pivet, who is Jewish, of "setting up camp in Tel Aviv to encourage the massacre" in Gaza. The speaker of France's parliament accused…

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Sunday's aid delivery through the Rafah crossing was the second such operation in two days after 20 trucks arrived on Saturday.

Momentum toward a landmark US-brokered deal to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, guardian of Islam's two holiest sites, was shattered by the October 7 attack by Hamas

Hamas says the damage came from an Israeli air strike, the Israeli avers; 'militants from another Islamist group -- Islamic Jihad -- had caused the explosion with a misfired rocket'

NEW DELHI:  An Indian journalist working in Doha had to flee and return home due to an imminent threat of arrest over a story published on the eight Indian naval officers who were arrested by Qatar’s Interior Ministry in August 2022. “The…

“Let me say again to any country, any organization, anyone thinking of taking advantage of the situation,” Biden said. “I have one word: Don’t."

Turkey's defence ministry said Friday it had launched a new wave of air strikes in retaliation for an attack in Ankara earlier this month that wounded two security personnel.