Middle East
Palestinians hope Blinken visit can deliver Gaza truce before Rafah assault
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Humeyra Pamuk Reuters The top U.S. diplomat met Saudi Arabia’s de-facto ruler on Monday during a Middle East ...Hamas weighs Gaza truce as deadly fighting nears fifth month
By Adel Zaanoun with Mark Anderson in Jerusalem AFP Israeli strikes across Gaza killed scores overnight and battles raged Sunday in the ...US, Britain wage strikes against Iran-linked Houthis in Yemen
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and Britain launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen ...‘Many’ civilians killed in US strikes in Iraq and Syria
BY W.G. DUNLOP AFP The United States launched air strikes against Iranian forces and allied militias in Iraq and Syria on Friday, ...Israel turns focus of Gaza attack to Rafah as Hamas weighs ceasefire proposal
By Dan Williams and Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Israel prepared to advance its war on Gaza farther south, close to the Egyptian border, after claiming ...Yemen’s Huthis fire missiles at US warship
Yemen’s Huthi rebels fired “several” missiles at a US warship in the Red Sea, they said on Wednesday, hours after the US ...Sudan warring sides resume peace talks in Bahrain
By Khalid Abdelaziz Reuters Senior leaders from Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) met three times this month in ...Israeli forces pound Gaza, Hamas studies ceasefire proposal
By Mohammed Salem and Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Israeli forces pounded areas in northern and southern Gaza on Wednesday after the Palestinian militant ...Israel undercover agents kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank hospital
By Zain Jaafar AFP Undercover Israeli agents, some disguised as medical staff, raided a West Bank hospital Tuesday and shot dead three ...Iran denies involvement in drone attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan
By W.G. DUNLOP AFP A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants for ...