2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (291+ words) UNITED NATIONS -- Nearly 60 Palestinians, including about 30 children, have been displaced after Israeli authorities demolished homes and other structures in the Masafer Yatta area of the southern West Bank, UN humanitarians said Thursday. The demolitions took place Tuesday in two Palestinian…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (573+ words) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concerns about the recent escalation in the Strait of Hormuz as the United States and Iran exchange their biggest waves of strikes on shipping in recent days. Stephane Dujarric, the UN chief's spokesman,…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (415+ words) BRUSSELS/JERUSALEM — The foreign ministers of 12 countries moved on Tuesday to tighten restrictions on trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, as mounting settlement expansion and violence fuel growing concerns over the viability of a two-state solution. Foreign…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (610+ words) The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran announced on Wednesday that its "new maritime restricted zone" would extend beyond the Strait of Hormuz into the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, and any vessel that attempted to cross the…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (365+ words) JERUSALEM -- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Tuesday announced a series of countermeasures against Britain, including closing the British Consulate General in East Jerusalem and removing British personnel from a US-led Gaza coordination center, in response to London's decision to…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (563+ words) CAIRO/GAZA STRIP — The foreign ministers of Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Indonesia and Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned remarks by two Israeli ministers concerning the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. In a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (291+ words) President Xi Jinping emphasized the need for China and Egypt to jointly promote equality, dialogue, mutual learning and inclusiveness between civilizations during a visit to the Grand Egyptian Museum on Wednesday. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, toured the museum…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (577+ words) As fresh hostilities between Tehran and Washington spilled over across the region, US military bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq came under intensified retaliatory attacks, following reported casualties in Iran. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Wednesday…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (391+ words) Tokyo seeks excuses for its military creep into South China Sea via double dealing on law, overstepping its defense- oriented policy and wrapping motives in cooperation In July 2026, to mark the 10th anniversary of the so-called "South China Sea arbitration award…...