Middle East
Israel, Hamas defy truce calls on Gaza bloodiest day
The world implored Israel and Hamas to end hostilities Saturday, but the violence escalated with the toll in Israeli strikes rising to ...Gaza toll nears 100, militants threaten Israeli airport
A fourth day of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 11 more Palestinians on Friday, raising the death toll in ...Kurdish forces take over two oilfields in north Iraq
Kurdish peshmerga forces took control of production facilities at two northern Iraqi oilfields on Friday, replacing Arab workers with Kurdish personnel.Israel presses on with Gaza offensive, Palestinians fire rockets
Israel pressed on for a fourth day on Friday with its Gaza offensive, striking the Hamas-dominated enclave from air and ...More killed in Gaza as Israeli offensive against Hamas continues
An Israeli air strike killed seven Palestinian civilians on Thursday, including five children, in the largest death toll from a single attack ...Israel hits key Hamas targets in Gaza offensive
More than two dozen people were killed as Israel stepped up its offensive against the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in an attempt ...Hamas rockets land deep in Israel as it bombards Gaza Strip
At least 23 people were killed across Gaza, Palestinian officials said on Wednesday, by a bombardment Israel said may be just the ...Israel launches new air strikes on Gaza Strip
Israel launched an aerial offensive in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing more than 30 targets including homes and calling it part ...Israel launches deadly airstrikes in Gaza
Israel launched a series of air strikes on Gaza early on Monday to quell Hamas rocket fire, and the Islamist group\'s armed ...Israel warns Hamas against more violence as tension spikes
Israel warned Hamas Thursday against any escalation in violence, reinforcing its Gaza border amid continued rocket fire and heightened tensions after the ...