1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (330+ words) RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM " A 19-year-old Palestinian-American citizen shot by an Israeli settler in the West Bank has died from his wounds, the Palestinian Health Ministry said late on Wednesday (Feb 18). A US embassy official condemned the violence, telling Reuters on Thursday:…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (110+ words) MANILA - Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Wednesday (Feb 18) that she will run for president in the 2028 election. Duterte said she was offering her "life, strength and future" in the service of the nation. Independent opinion surveys rank her…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (251+ words) JAKARTA - Indonesia is readying 1,000 troops for potential deployment in Gaza by early April as part of a proposed multinational peacekeeping force, its army spokesperson said on Monday (Feb 17). The final deployment decision will be made by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (892+ words) JERUSALEM " Israel is grappling with a dramatic increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide among its troops after its two-year assault on Gaza, precipitated by the Oct 7, 2023, Hamas attack on southern Israel. Recent reports by the Defence Ministry and by…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (343+ words) CAIRO " A senior figure in the armed wing of Hamas, a Hamas policeman, and a senior figure in the militant group Islamic Jihad were among at least ten people killed on Thursday (Jan 15) in a series of Israeli strikes across…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (286+ words) CAIRO/JERUSALEM " An Israeli airstrike killed at least two Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday (Jan 7), local health authorities said, in what the military said was a retaliatory attack on a Hamas militant that was launched after its troops had come…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (338+ words) ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO BEIRUT, Nov 30 " Pope Leo said on Sunday (Nov 30) that the only solution in the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people must include a Palestinian state, reaffirming the Vatican's position. "We all know that…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (526+ words) NEW YORK " The US gathered intelligence last year of Israeli officials discussing how their soldiers had sent Palestinians into Gaza tunnels the Israelis believed were potentially lined with explosives, according to two former US officials familiar with the matter. The…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (829+ words) TEL AVIV " Hamas released a video on Friday (Sept 5) of two Israeli hostages seized from a music festival in Israel in October 2023, and one said he was being held in Gaza City, where the Israeli military has launched a major…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (292+ words) LONDON " Britain has barred Israeli officials from its biggest defence trade show over its escalation of the war against Hamas in Gaza, its latest effort to pressure a historically close ally over the conflict. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government said…...