TEL AVIV, Israel -- Defence Minister Yoav Gallant vowed Saturday that Israeli forces would "find and eliminate" Yahya Sinwar, the head of Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. "We will find Sinwar and will eliminate him," Gallant told a news conference, as Israeli forces fought street...
AMMAN, Jordan -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday reaffirmed US support for "humanitarian pauses" in fighting between Israel and Hamas to ensure people in the besieged Gaza Strip get help. Speaking at a news conference in Amman about sparing civilians and speeding up aid deliveries,...
KYIV, Ukraine -- President Volodymyr Zelensky denied on Saturday that Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russian forces had hit a stalemate, as hours later Kyiv said it had struck a shipyard in the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula. TOPSHOT - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L)...
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Thousands demonstrated in Israel on Saturday, as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his government's lack of preparedness for the October 7 attacks and its handling of the ensuing hostage crisis. The attacks by Gaza's ruling Islamist movement Hamas took...
TEL AVIV, Israel - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that Israel has the right and obligation to defend itself as it pummels the Gaza Strip with an air and ground assault. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken "Israel has not only the right but the obligation to defend itself......
MOSCOW, Russia - Ukrainian shelling of the Russian-occupied part of the southern Kherson region killed nine people Friday, the Moscow-installed occupational authorities said. The strikes came as Kyiv is pushing a counteroffensive to retake territory from Moscow's forces, focused on the south...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia said Friday that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas had "postponed" a trip to Moscow that was planned for this month. Mahmoud Abbas Russia -- which has working relations with Israel, with Palestinian authorities and with Hamas -- has said several times that a visit by...
TEL AVIV, Israel - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken left Israel largely empty-handed Friday after urging its leaders to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza during their war to destroy Hamas. (Photo from AFP) On Saturday, he is due to hold talks in neighboring Jordan with the foreign...
KATHMANDU, Nepal - More than 60 people were killed when a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit a remote pocket of Nepal, officials said early Saturday. The tremor hit the far west of the Himalayan country late Friday and was measured by the US Geological Survey at just 18 kilometres (11 miles)...
ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, saying "crimes against humanity" were being committed in Gaza. Erdogan has strongly supported the Palestinians in the face of Israel's war with Hamas, attending...
THAI NGUYEN, VIETNAM - More than 40 dogs, including a litter of 10-day-old puppies, were set free from a slaughterhouse in Vietnam on Friday after its owner quit the dog meat trade. An estimated five million canines are killed for meat every year in Vietnam -- the second highest in the world...
TEHRAN, Iran - Thirty-two people died when a massive blaze ripped through a drug rehab centre in northern Iran early on Friday, local media reported. "Thirty-two people have been killed in the fire" which erupted at a drug rehabilitation centre in Langarud, a city in the northern Gilan...
