10+ hour, 53+ min ago  (206+ words) New York, New York - People living in Gaza deserve to regain their "dignity" rather than merely survive, the UN aid chief said Thursday, as he criticized Israeli obstructions to the distribution of humanitarian assistance. Tom Fletcher, addressing the United Nations…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago  (199+ words) Washington DC - Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire, a US official said Friday, after deadly new exchanges in Lebanon put the fragile deal to end the Middle East war under immediate strain. The truce that began at 4 PM…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (319+ words) Jiljiliya, Palestine - Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in a West Bank village on Wednesday, the local mayor said, while AFP journalists at the site saw signs of arson and vandalism. The incident comes amid an increase in attacks…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (296+ words) Jerusalem, Israel - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Monday that Israeli forces will remain in occupied parts of Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza indefinitely, despite a newly announced peace deal with Iran. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I are pursuing…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (315+ words) Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon's foreign ministry said it had lodged a complaint with the United Nations over Israel's alleged spraying of herbicide glyphosate in Lebanese territory near the border earlier this year. In a statement circulated on Sunday, the ministry said…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (220+ words) Washington DC - Vice President JD Vance acknowledged differences with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview excerpt released Wednesday, saying the Israeli leader had "gotten some things wrong" in the Middle East war. "What I've seen with the prime minister…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (578+ words) West Bank - Amnesty International accused Israel on Wednesday of conducting an "ethnic cleansing" campaign against Bedouin and herding communities in the occupied West Bank, saying the measures were designed to accelerate the annexation of the Palestinian territory. A new report…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (751+ words) Tehran, Iran - Iran attacked American bases in Jordan and Bahrain on Wednesday, warning its Gulf neighbors that they had a "responsibility" to stop the US and Israel from using their territory to strike the Islamic republic. The strikes came after…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (253+ words) Vienna, Austria - The US is demanding Iran provide "precise" information on its enriched uranium stockpile and give the UN nuclear agency access "without delay," according to a draft resolution seen by AFP on Monday. The draft resolution is expected to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (771+ words) Washington DC - President Donald Trump on Monday told Iran and Israel to stop fighting after the two attacked each other for the first time since a shaky ceasefire put five weeks of war on hold. Iran fired dozens of missiles…...